Comments on: Neural Markers Identify Individuals at Risk for Bipolar I

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:23:01 +0000

Can anyone explain the difference to me between bipolar I and II? Actually, until Catherine Zeta Jones said last year that she had bipolar II disorder I had never even heard of it.

By: MIA

MIA — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:15:43 +0000

Isn’t the left side of the brain supposed to be the logical side of the brain and the right the creative side?
That’s pretty peculiar that those headed toward bipolar tend to show more symtomology stemming from the left side. I woudl have thought it would be on the right given that there are a lot of artists and such who seem to be afflicted with this.
Either that or they are the ones who talk about it more openly than the rest of the public.

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:14:43 +0000

I am so pleased to read that we can now test for an illness such as this one by looking at neural markers. Of course the testing for this could be fairly limited while the word gets out that this is a possibility but at least it is another critical step closer to helping those with bipolar disorder get the right diagnosis and hopefully get it sooner than they would have before.

By: Jaqueline F

Jaqueline F — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:04:58 +0000

Its amazing how we are able to go into so much detail and identify sings of a disorder. And it is especially encouraging because symptoms of bipolar are similar to those of other conditions so this new finding should be a real boost in the early detection of bipolar. Kudos to all those involved in this project.