Vanadium in psychiatry

✍ Scribed by Leo P. W. Chiu; Ranan Rimón

• Book ID: 102860223
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 636 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-6222
• DOI: 10.1002/hup.470030303

✦ Synopsis

It has been suggested that vanadium, a potent reversible inhibitor of sodium-potassium-sensitive adenosine triphosphatase (Na'/ K'-ATPase), is of aetiological importance in manic-depressive illness. The present review submits to critical scrutiny the pertinent literature of (1) the existence of vanadium excess in various tissues; (2) Na'/ K' -ATPase activity in erythrocytes from patients with affective illness; and (3) treatment modalities applied to reduce body vanadium or to increase 'sodium pump' activity. Finally, data on vanadium deficiency as well as vanadium poisoning are discussed.