Sertraline In Bipolar Children
Two researchers at Brown University have been given a federal grant to study brain development in infants and bipolar disorder in children. According to a press release from Brown University, one researcher will use MRI technology he developed with colleagues to track brain development in infants ages two months to five years of age. And another scientists will use brain-imaging, behavorial tasks, and genetic analyses to identify biological markers of bipolar disorder in children.
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