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IT has been generally recognized that sodium and potassium ions are essential to neural conduction and to the normal functioning of the nervous system. The role of lithium in nerve conduction is less understood. It does reduce manic hyperactivity and elation2–5, however; thus its therapeutic use in the manic phase of manic depressive psychosis. A substance capable of producing similar improvements in the depressive phase remains to be discovered.
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MELTZER, H., TAYLOR, R., PLATMAN, S. et al. Rubidium: a Potential Modifier of Affect and Behaviour. Nature 223, 321–322 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223321a0
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