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Levothyroxine effects on depressive symptoms and limbic glucose metabolism in bipolar disorder: a randomized, placebo-controlled positron emission tomography study

Adding supraphysiologic doses of levothyroxine (L-T4) to standard treatment for bipolar depression shows promise, but the mechanisms underlying clinical improvement are unknown. In a previous pilot study, L-T4 treatment reduced depression scores and activity within the anterior limbic network. Here...

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Autores principales: Bauer, M, Berman, S, Stamm, T, Plotkin, M, Adli, M, Pilhatsch, M, London, E D, Hellemann, G S, Whybrow, P C, Schlagenhauf, F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25600111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2014.186