Bipolar disorder: emotional dysregulation and neuronal vulnerability.

Journal: CNS spectrums

Volume: 14

Issue: 3

Year of Publication: 2009

Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Abstract summary 

Bipolar disorder is clinically characterized by fluctuating affect, and neuropsychologically by impairment in executive functions. Such phenomena are consistent with the centrality of emotional dysregulation and impulsivity to bipolar disorder. They are also consistent with a key role for prefrontal-subcortical (striatal-thalamic) and associated limbic circuitry in its mediation. Furthermore, there is growing data on the cellular mechanisms contributing to neuronal vulnerability in this mediating circuitry.

Authors & Co-authors:  Stein Dan J DJ Horn Neil N Ramesar R R Savitz J J

Study Outcome 

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Authors :  4
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SSN : 1092-8529
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Bipolar Disorder
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Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
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Publication Country
United States