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lithium

lithium Lithium, here referring to lithium carbonate, is a pharmacologic substance with mood-stabilizing and antimanic effects.

Lithium, here referring to lithium carbonate, is a pharmacologic substance with mood-stabilizing and antimanic effects. It acts on nerve-cell signaling and neurotransmitter-related processes, although the exact way it produces its mood-stabilizing effect is not fully established.