Lithium Associated Side Effects and Neurotoxicity: Is Lithium Neurotoxicity Related to Iron Deposition?
Abstract
Lithium is a mood stabilizer that Australian psychiatrist John Cade and the Swiss Baastrup and Schou’s pioneering studies brought in the treatment of bipolar disorder. In current guidelines, it is still consid-ered as first line therapy for acute mania, depression and remission periods. Along with numerous neurotrophic and cytoprotective effects, lithium may rarely cause neurotoxicity. Neuro-toxicity might be related with dose dependent or independent. Mechanism of neurotoxicity has not been identified yet. A possible reason of lithium neurotoxicity is that lithium complicates iron efflux from neurons by inhibiting the tau cascade. Accumulation of iron may increase hydroxyl radical formation, resulting in oxidative neurotoxicity. On the other hand, mechanisms that may alleviate iron deposition should also be considered. This review will address the cardiac and met-abolic side effects of lithium and clinical features and biochemical regimes of neurotoxicity, and its relationship with iron accumulation.
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Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Review
Authors
İlkay Keleş Altun
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TRABZON KANUNİ EĞİTİM VE ARAŞTIRMA HASTANESİ, PSİKİYATRİ
0000-0002-4005-6127
Türkiye
Neslihan Kılıç
This is me
ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, PSİKİYATRİ ANABİLİM DALI
0000-0003-2083-6625
Türkiye
Emrah Yıldızoğlu
This is me
ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, PSİKİYATRİ ANABİLİM DALI
0000-0002-6978-2261
Türkiye
Murat İlhan Atagün
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Psikiyatri Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye
0000-0002-8514-0576
Türkiye
Publication Date
June 30, 2019
Submission Date
January 26, 2018
Acceptance Date
June 9, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 11 Number: 2
