Abstract
Background Bipolar disorder (BD) is a complex and chronic mental disorder and synthesis of different theoretical frameworks and empirical data concerning its etiopathology, is difficult. Most models include among other structures the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). The current paper is a review of the literature on the involvement of the cingulate cortex (CC) in the development and course of BD.
Highlights
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a complex and chronic mental disorder and synthesis of different theoretical frameworks and empirical data concerning its etiopathology, is difficult
Most models include among other structures the anterior cingulate cortex
The current paper is a review of the literature on the involvement
Summary
The involvement of cingulate cortex in Bipolar disorder: a systematic review of existing data. Konstantinos Fountoulakis*1,2, Eniko Kφvari[2], Panteleimon Giannakopoulos[2], George Kaprinis[1] and Constantin Bouras[2]. Address: 13rd Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and 2Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Published: 17 April 2008 Annals of General Psychiatry 2008, 7(Suppl 1):S284 doi:10.1186/1744-859X-7-S1-S284. International Society on Brain and Behaviour: 3rd International Congress on Brain and Behaviour Meeting abstracts - A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here.
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