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SUBMITTER: Jakobsson E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5696506 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of membrane biology 20171110 6
Lithium has literally been everywhere forever, since it is one of the three elements created in the Big Bang. Lithium concentration in rocks, soil, and fresh water is highly variable from place to place, and has varied widely in specific regions over evolutionary and geologic time. The biological effects of lithium are many and varied. Based on experiments in which animals are deprived of lithium, lithium is an essential nutrient. At the other extreme, at lithium ingestion sufficient to raise bl ...[more]