Bipolar disorder is a complex psychiatric disorder, characterized by fluctuations between episodes of (hypo)mania and ...

There is a genetic component to bipolar disorder, but researchers are unsure which exact genes are responsible. Bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression, is a mental health disorder ...

New research suggests that mood swings in bipolar disorder are regulated by two clocks: the body’s 24-hour circadian rhythm ...

An assessment of 73,929 people with bipolar disorder and/or schizophrenia from a Swedish registry found evidence that the two disorders also share more than half of their genetic determinants.

Researchers have identified a second dopamine-driven "clock" in the brain that works alongside the biological 24-hour cycle, ...

In the largest genome-wide study of bipolar disorder to date, an international team involving UCL researchers has identified ...

Study published in Nature identifies nearly 300 genomic regions associated with bipolar disorder, and 36 key genes involved in the disease.