Posted by linkadge on July 5, 2009, at 11:16:28
In reply to Re: Going back to old-school - lithium. » linkadge, posted by SLS on July 4, 2009, at 10:39:20
>Do you think the ability for low dosages of >lithium to augment antidepressants has anything >to do with it perhaps reducing the excitability >of neurons along the pathways that flow through >the subgenual cingulate (Brodman's) area 25? >Maybe it is acting like DBS in this regard.
Could be. Lithium has a stabilizing effect on glutamate reuptake.
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