Lithium Orotate Flashcards
Alkali metal, naturally present in trace amounts in minerals, water, soil, and in fruits, vegetables
Lithium
Needed for proper function of enzymes, hormones, vitamins, growth factors, immune and nervous system
Lithium
Glutamate-induced excitotoxicity mediated by N-methyl-D-asparatate (NMDA) receptors:
Decreased
Influx of calcium
Inhibited
Mood disorders, Anxiety, Anorexia, Schizophrenia, Alcoholism, Epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS and Huntington’s, Stroke, Heart attack, Diabetes, Cancer, Meniere’s Disease, Inflammatory and Autoimmune diseases:
Helps with
Heat Shock Proteins:
Increased
Promote folding of proteins, refolding of misfolded proteins and disposal of abnormal proteins:
Heat Shock Proteins
GSK-3:
Inhibited
Protein in the frontal cortex that protects from apoptosis
Bcl-2
Bcl-2:
Increased
BDNF:
Increased
Nerve Growth Factor:
Increased
Glial-Derived Neurotrophic Factor:
Increased
Promotes cell growth and remodeling of the blood vessels after stroke
VEGF
VEGF:
Increased
Autophagy:
Increased
Stimulate progenitor and stem cells in cultured brain hippocampal neurons:
Lithium
N-acetyl aspartate:
Increased
Marker of creativity and is correlated with IQ scores:
N-acetyl aspartate:
Long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus:
Increased
exploratory activity and aggression
Decreased
Calmness:
Increased
Mood:
Improved