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Bipolar Disorder
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Definition
: A major affective disorder marked by severe mood swings (manic or major depressive episodes) and a tendency to remission and recurrence.
Examples
Cyclothymic Disorder
Other names
Psychosis, Manic-
Depressive; Manic-
Depressive Psychosis; Manic Disorder; Depression, Bipolar; Affective Psychosis, Bipolar; Disorder, Bipolar; Bipolar Disorders; Bipolar Depression; Bipolar Affective Psychosis; Psychoses, Manic-
Depressive; Manic State; Mania; States, Manic; State, Manic; Psychosis, Manic Depressive; Psychosis, Bipolar Affective; Psychoses, Manic Depressive; Psychoses, Bipolar Affective; Manic-
Depressive Psychoses; Manic States
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
ALOX12 protein, human
EC 1.13.11.31.
*Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase
Bipolar Disorder.
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2003 Feb;253(1):40-3
lamotrigine
84057-84-1
*Triazines
Analgesics
Bipolar Disorder
Cleft Lip
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
Antimanic Agents.
Pharma Action
Anticonvulsants
;
Calcium Channel Blockers
Br J Clin Pharmacol 1985;20(6):619
LAMICTAL CD
;
LAMICTAL
;
LAMOTRIGINE
;
LAMICTAL XR
;
LAMICTAL ODT