I am interested in learning about what bipolar actually looks like in the brain on a cellular level. Because bipolar depression is a mood disorder, what are the impacts on neurons? How does bipolar affect the central nervous system? What parts of the brain are most affected from bipolar? Is the damage permanent?
THANKS!!!! I appreciate your feedback very much.
Bipolar is not cellular but with all illnesses of this nature they are neurological in a functional sense. In bipolar II for example you have up to 75% of the time depressive mood so one could expect to see a reduction in activity in the hipocampus (and a loss of memory and concentration capacity. Bipolar also shows up in scans of the prefrontal cortex which is an inhibitory centre. As well as activity mapping there are longterm physical effects. For example in depression the hippcampus physically shrinks as a result of longer term depression.
You could start by looking at what chemicals in the brain influence what moods and how they travel across the synapses in the brain and how cells receive them. Researching medication too can tell you what receptors are blocked or if they produce a synthetic chemical the brain needs.
Thank you very much. Now...where can I look at it? Like images? or videos? I have searched and I cannot find what I am looking for. I understand we cannot use our posts to solicit stuff so if you can't help, I understand. God bless.
We don't have imagine good enough to see cells in vivo.....if you fancy donating bits of your living brain to research I'm sure someone in China would allow that through ethics.