Abstract #0469

Brain Lithium & Sodium Concentration in Lithium-Treated Euthymic Bipolar Disorder Subjects

Fernando Emilio Boada¹, Mary Phillips², Yongxian Qian³, David Kupfer²

¹Radiology & Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; ²Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; ³Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

We demonstrate an imaging protocol for concurrent, in vivo, mapping of brain lithium and sodium concentration and present evidence that brain sodium concentration is normal on lithium-treated, euthymic, bipolar disorder subjects.