Nature 232, 336 - 338 (30 July 1971); doi:10.1038/232336a0

Lithium attenuates Drug-induced Hyperactivity in Rats

CHRISTINA COX, P. E. HARRISON-READ, HANNAH STEINBERG & M. TOMKIEWICZ

Department of Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1

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 general^2,3.

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