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Siu Wa Tang1,2, Wayne H Tang2, Brian E Leonard2,3
1Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Abstract:
Many patients under treatment for mood disorders, in particular patients with bipolar mood disorders, experience episodes of mood switching from one state to another. Various hypotheses have been proposed to explain the mechanism of mood switching, spontaneously or induced by drug treatment. Animal models have also been used to test the role of psychotropic drugs in the switching of mood states. We examine the possible relationship between the pharmacology of psychotropic drugs and their reported incidents of induced mood switching, with reference to the various hypotheses of mechanisms of mood switching.
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