Lithium is a medication meant to stabilize mood and is most commonly used in people with bipolar disorder, depression, or ...

Marissa Russo is a former STAT intern supported by the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship. A new study finds that the element lithium plays a crucial role in healthy brain function and ...

Lithium could help treat cases of Alzheimer’s disease, a Harvard study suggests. People with the neurodegenerative condition have low levels of the metal in their brain which the study revealed, for ...

The researchers demonstrated that intranasal administration of lithium-loaded gold nanoparticles, called LiG-AuNPs, can inhibit glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta, or GSK-3β. This enzyme is involved in ...

Studies in rodents and humans suggest that low levels of the metal contribute to cognitive decline. “This is groundbreaking,” says Ashley Bush, a neuroscientist at the University of Melbourne in ...

Researchers at Harvard Medical School reported Wednesday that the depletion of lithium in the brain appears to play a significant role in the development of Alzheimer's disease. The findings, ...

Seven years of investigation by scientists at Harvard Medical School have revealed that the loss of the metal lithium plays a powerful role in Alzheimer’s disease, a finding that could lead to earlier ...