Table 1.
Individual characteristics and region of interest signal intensity for the eight subjects with bipolar disorder who underwent 7Li b-SSFP MRI
| Subject | Age (years) | Sex | Duration of treatment (years) | Priadel™ dose (mg) | Serum lithium concentration (mmol/L) | Alda scale scores | LISERS scores | 7Li b-SSFP signal intensity (arbitrary units) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total score | A | B | White matter | Grey matter | |||||||
| A | 57 | M | 15 | 1200 | 1.0 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 6.25 | 4.98 |
| B | 32 | F | 2 | 1000 | 1.0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 7.45 | 5.76 |
| C | 48 | F | 8 | 1000 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 5.25 | 4.43 |
| D | 21 | M | 2 | 1000 | 0.9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 4.76 | 4.76 |
| E | 52 | F | 9 | 1000 | 0.8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 6.67 | 5.71 |
| F | 59 | M | 12 | 800 | 0.8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 5.81 | 5.36 |
| G | 50 | M | 2 | 1200 | 0.8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 6.92 | 5.56 |
| H | 33 | F | 1 | 800 | 0.7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 5.72 | 5.23 |
| Mean | 6.10 | 5.22 | |||||||||