Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, reveal today in Nature Genetics associations between bipolar disorder and rare loss-of-function variants in two genes.

Bipolar disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings, bouts of mania or hypomania, and episodes of depression.  It is a highly heritable and serious condition, that when untreated comes with a ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have identified associations between bipolar disorder and rare loss-of-function variants ...

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Bipolar I disorder involves more severe mania. Though your highs may not be as extreme, the cycles of hypomania and depression in bipolar II disorder can still affect your self-concept ...

Bipolar II disorder is a mental health condition that involves at least one depressive episode and at least one period of elevated mood, called hypomania. Bipolar II disorder causes intense ...

So what’s the problem? There isn’t one, necessarily. But if you’ve edged into hypomania, there may be unwelcome consequences. If left unchecked, hypomania frequently bumps from increasingly energized ...

Then, they check whether a person has experienced one or more episodes of mania or hypomania. Hypomania means a person has higher energy or activity levels than is typical for them, but they have ...