Abstract
LITHIUM salts have been used in psychiatry for more than 20 yr, especially for treating manic behaviour1, and recently there has been a resurgence of interest in these compounds both as a specific treatment of mania and as prophylactics against manicdepressive illnesses in general2,3.
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COX, C., HARRISON-READ, P., STEINBERG, H. et al. Lithium attenuates Drug-induced Hyperactivity in Rats. Nature 232, 336–338 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232336a0
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