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Abstract #0469

Brain Lithium & Sodium Concentration in Lithium-Treated Euthymic Bipolar Disorder Subjects

Fernando Emilio Boada1, Mary Phillips2, Yongxian Qian3, David Kupfer2

1Radiology & Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 3Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA


We demonstrate an imaging protocol for concurrent, in vivo, mapping of brain lithium and sodium concentration and present evidence that brain sodium concentration is normal on lithium-treated, euthymic, bipolar disorder subjects.