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In bipolar patients, maintenance treatment with anticonvulsive agents is a valid alternative to lithium. These agents have widely varying mechanisms of action. Some of these medications focus on the current understanding of antiglutamatergic mechanisms of action and their treatment implications for bipolar disorders.
Keywords: glutamate, anticonvulsants, depression, bipolar disorder
Current Drug Targets
Title: The Role of Newer Antiglutamatergic Agents as Mood-Stabilizers in Bipolar Disorder
Volume: 6 Issue: 5
Author(s): Marianna Abelli, Claudia Martini, Stefano Pini, Camilla Gesi and Giovanni B. Cassano
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Keywords: glutamate, anticonvulsants, depression, bipolar disorder
Abstract: In bipolar patients, maintenance treatment with anticonvulsive agents is a valid alternative to lithium. These agents have widely varying mechanisms of action. Some of these medications focus on the current understanding of antiglutamatergic mechanisms of action and their treatment implications for bipolar disorders.
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Abelli Marianna, Martini Claudia, Pini Stefano, Gesi Camilla and Cassano B. Giovanni, The Role of Newer Antiglutamatergic Agents as Mood-Stabilizers in Bipolar Disorder, Current Drug Targets 2005; 6 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389450054546015
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389450054546015 |
Print ISSN 1389-4501 |
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Online ISSN 1873-5592 |
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