Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classification of bipolar disorders--implications for clinical research / Ralph W. Kupka and Willem A. Nolen -- Prospects for the development of animal models for the study of bipolar disorder / Haim Einat ... [et al.] -- Abnormalities in catecholamines and the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder / Amir Garakani, Dennis S. Charney, and Amit Anand -- Cholinergic-muscarinic dysfunction in mood disorders / David S. Janowsky and David H. Overstreet -- Serotonergic dysfunction in mood disorders / J. John Mann and Dianne Currier -- Cell membrane and signal transduction pathways--implications for the pathophysiology of bipolar disorders / Guang Chen and Husseini K. Manji -- Searching for a cellular endophenotype for bipolar disorder / Francine M. Benes --

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in bipolar disorder / David J. Bond and Allan H. Young -- Brain imaging studies in bipolar disorder / E. Serap Monkul ... [et al.] -- Sleep and biological rhythms abnormalities in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorders / Stephany Jones and Ruth M. Benca -- Hypothesis of an infectious etiology in bipolar disorders / Robert H. Yolken and E. Fuller Torrey -- EEGs and ERPs in bipolar disorders / R. Hamish McAllister-Williams -- Genetics of bipolar disorder / Nick Craddock -- Neurocognitive findings in bipolar disorder / David C. Glahn and Carrie E. Bearden -- Biology vs. environment : stressors in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder / Morgen A.R. Kelly, Stefanie A. Hlastala, and Ellen Frank --

The kindling/sensitization model: implications for the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder / Robert M. Post -- Biologic factors in different bipolar disorder subtypes / Michael A. Cerullo and Stephen M. Strakowski -- Biological factors in bipolar disorder in childhood and adolescence / Melissa A. Brotman ... [et al.] -- Biological factors in bipolar disorder in late life / R.C. Young, J.M. deAsis, and G.S. Alexopoulos -- Perspectives for new pharmacological interventions / Charles L. Bowden -- Physical comorbidity in bipolar disorder / Paul Mackin and Sylvia Ruttledge -- Toward a pathophysiology of bipolar disorders / John F. Neumaier and David L. Dunner.