Posted by SLS on November 3, 2000, at 20:57:57
In reply to Re: Article: Lithium increases brain volume ?, posted by SLS on November 2, 2000, at 23:29:53
> On an unrelated matter; in 1984, a clinical researcher psychiatrist, formerly a professor at NYU, told me in confidence that lithium produced some benefit in the treatment of neuroblastoma. For some reason, I got the impression that this was supposed to be a secret. I know the secret nature of this "fact" sounds funny, but this guy was brilliant. I believe he was one of the first (if not the first) to identify the schizoaffective presentation as a distinct disorder. He wrote a book about it.
Something to chew on for awhile.Do the following two abstracts support the notion that lithium may represent a treatment for neuroblastoma?
I think so.
- Scott
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Lithium induces apoptosis in immature cerebellar granule cells but promotes survival of mature neurons.D'Mello SR, Anelli R, Calissano P
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8143780&dopt=Abstract
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Maturation-dependent modulation of apoptosis in cultured cerebellar granule neurons by cytokines and neurotrophins.
de Luca A, Weller M, Frei K, Fontana A
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8921290&dopt=Abstract
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