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Pharmacology—The Biology of Lithium

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Lithium

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Since lithium produces a dramatic antimanic response and a response which seems to some degree specific to a relatively narrow range of mental disorders as opposed to more nonspecific type tranquilizing agents (Cade, 1949), this degree of specificity may provide a tool for understanding the cause of mania.

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