LOCALIZATION AND QUANTITATION OF LITHIUM IN RAT-TISSUE FOLLOWING INTRA-PERITONEAL INJECTIONS OF LITHIUM-CHLORIDE .2. BRAIN

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 212  (1) , 11-15
Abstract
The distribution of the antidepressant compound Li in the rat brain following chronic i.p. injections of LiCl was determined by a radiographic dielectric track registration technique. The study indicated significant differences in Li distribution in various areas of the brain. Consistently high levels were observed in the neocortex and putamen, and low concentrations in the cerebellum and white matter structures such as the corpus callosum and basis pedunculi. Intermediate levels were found in the thalamus, hypothalamus, septal nuclei, dentate gyrus, hippocampus and substantia grisea centralis.

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