Open AccessAssessment of lithium ingestion on cognition and some subset of motor skill
Author(s) -
Philemon Dauda Shallie,
H Akpan,
A K Adefule,
D. Fakoya,
TR Fagbohun
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.67016
Subject(s) - lithium (medication) , saline , ingestion , cognition , psychology , medicine , anesthesia , physiology , neuroscience
Patients taking lithium often report of difficulties in concentration, memory, learning, and attention. Laboratory tests of cognitive functions in healthy volunteers on chronic lithium demonstrate that disruptions in memory-learning processes are apparent at the time of memory retrieval.