Role of altered telomere dynamics in severe psychiatric disorders and in response to mood stabilizers

• Main Author: Μποσγανάς, Παναγιώτης
• Other Authors: Bosganas, Panagiotis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Bipolar patients; Bipolar disorder; Lithium; Telomere length; Διπολικοί ασθενείς; Διπολική διαταραχή; Λίθιο

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a mood disorder that manifests itself through manic and depressive episodes. About 1-2 percent of the population is affected by the disease. It's been proposed that bipolar disorder (BD) is linked to accelerated aging and cell senescence. Lithium is the mainstay t...