David Gene Ostrow

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Are investigators currently studying NA-Li countertransport or other membrane ion transport channels as a Biomarker for psychiatric disorders?

Interested in knowing if the field of identifying peripheral Biomarkers for brain disorders has progressed since the era of studying the most easily accessible cellular membrane markers have way...

04 July 2020 3,727 0 View

Very interested in studies that look at the interaction of affective disorders and fibromyalgia

Since my early career research focused on the search for biomarkers, particularly red blood cell Li-Na countertransport levels in bipolar patients and alcoholic patients, and many of my bipolar...

31 May 2017 5,465 1 View

Are there more recent reports of altered cell membrane Na-Li countertransport as a biomarker for bipolar illness?

Reports of altered cation transport genes and their transmembrane protein transcripts in cultured cell lines from bipolar patients were judged as irreproducable by other research groups, and the...

02 March 2017 9,232 5 View

Are there concise diagnostic instruments for depression, anxiety & PTSD that can validate symptom checklist scores, such as the CES-D, HAM-D, etc?

Many large cohort studies rely on self-reported symptom checklist scores to determine possible or probable depression, anxiety, PTSD, etc. diagnoses. In contrast, interviewer administered...

30 March 2013 8,221 4 View