Bipolar disorders : basic mechanisms and therapeutic implications / edited by Jair C. Soares, Samuel Gershon.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classification of Bipolar and Related Disorders -- Secondary Mania -- Genetic and Causal Factors of Bipolar -- Cyclic and Oscillatory Behaviors in Biological Systems -- Abnormalities in Catecholamines and Pathophysiology of Bipolar Disorder -- Cholinergic Dysfunction in Mood Disorders -- Serotonergic Dysfunction in Mood Disorders -- The GABAergic Hypothesis of Mood Disorders -- Cell Membrane Abnormalities in Bipolar Disorder -- Intracellular Signal Transduction Dysfunction in Bipolar Disorder -- Postmortem Brain Studies in Bipolar Disorder -- Brain Imaging Findings in Bipolar Disorder Sleep and Biological Rhythms in Bipolar Disorder -- Biology of the Switch Process in Bipolar Disorders -- Hypothesis of a Viral Etiology in Bipolar Disorder -- Relationship of Bipolar Depression to Involuntary Motor Disorders -- Electroencephalogram Abnormalities in Bipolar Disorder -- Biology Versus Environment: Stressors in the Pathophysiology of Bipolar Disorder -- Modulation of Biological Factors by Psychotherapeutic Interventions in Bipolar Disorder -- Predictive Validity of the Sensitization and Kindling Hypotheses -- Biological Factors in Different Bipolar Disorder Subtypes Biological Factors in Bipolar Disorders in Children and Adolescents -- Biological Factors in Bipolar Disorders in Late Life -- Perspectives for New Pharmacological Interventions -- Genetics and Lithium Response in Bipolar Disorders -- Toward a Pathophysiology of Bipolar Disorder.

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