Low unesterified:esterified eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) plasma concentration ratio is associated with bipolar disorder episodes, and omega-3 plasma concentrations are altered by treatment.

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Published in Bipolar Disord on October 01, 2015

Authors

Erika Fh Saunders1,2,3, Aubrey Reider1, Gagan Singh1, Alan J Gelenberg1, Stanley I Rapoport4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.
2: University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
3: University of Michigan Depression Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
4: Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section, Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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