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Re: Interesting - lithium protects neurotrophic factor

Posted by BarbaraCat on January 22, 2002, at 13:13:12

In reply to Re: Interesting - lithium protects neurotrophic factor » BarbaraCat, posted by Lorraine on January 22, 2002, at 10:52:11

Lorraine,
Can you give me some references on that? I'm following the viral connection very avidly and would be interested in exploring this connection further. Thanks. -- Barbara

> Lithium is also anti-viral and there are now theories that mental illness may be virally related.
>
> Lorraine
>
> > Been reading alot about new research stating that lithium actually protects the brain and causes new neural pathways to generate (upregulates cytoprotective protein bcl-2). Whether or not you're BP, doses of lithium, as stated here, are prophylactic for the brain. Here are a few links that are very interesting:
> > www.mhsource.com/bipolar/bp0108lith.html
> > www.biopsychiatry.com/lithprot.htm
> > www.med.wayne.edu/Wayne%20Medicine/wm2001/moore-magnet.htm (real good one about magnetic scanners showing bcl-2 upregulation!)
> >
> > Watcha think? Is good old lithium better than we give it credit for in perhaps different modes of action than we suspected? -- Barbara


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