The myoinositol-depletion hypothesis suggests that
a. Myoinositol depletion leads to mania.
b. Lithium-induced depletion of myoinositol is associated with affective
stabilization.
c. Lithium increases the low myoinositol levels associated with mania.
d. Lithium-induced myoinositol depletion leads to the adverse effects
associated with lithium use but has no relationship to lithium's
therapeutic action.
Question 2
Lithium appears to do all of the following except which one?
a. Have neuroprotectant properties.
b. Increase hippocampal neurogenesis in rodent models.
c. Decrease gray matter in the human hippocampus.
d. Alter gene expression and protein synthesis.
A hypothesis that suggests an explanation of the function of the gene that is defective in patients
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Ozone Depletion—A Global Issue
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