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Bipolar Disorder Epidemiology

Reports from University of Manchester highlight recent research in bipolar disorder epidemiology

Published in Medical Imaging Business Week, February 19th, 2009

New investigation results, 'Meta-analysis of magnetic resonance imaging studies of the corpus callosum in bipolar disorder,' are detailed in a study published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. According to recent research from Manchester, the United Kingdom, "The corpus callosum (CC) plays a pivotal role in inter-hemispheric transfer and integration of information and is a relatively understudied structure in bipolar disorder (BD). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have reported callosal abnormalities in this condition but findings have been inconsistent."

"Structural changes affecting the CC may underlie functional abnormalities in BD and could...

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