Shani Stern
Shani Stern
Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Shani Stern publishes paper in Molecular Psychiatry
University of Haifa
Paper abstract:
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a neuropsychiatric mood disorder manifested by recurrent episodes of mania and depression. More than half of BD patients are non-responsive to lithium, the first-line treatment drug, complicating BD clinical management. Given its unknown etiology, it is pertinent to understand the genetic signatures that lead to variability in lithium response.