The Mood-Stabilizer Lithium Prevents Hippocampal Apoptosis and Improves Spatial Memory in Experimental Meningitis

• Fabian D. Liechti,

  Affiliations Neuroinfection Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Nicolas Stüdle,

  Affiliation Neuroinfection Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Regula Theurillat,

  Affiliation Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Denis Grandgirard,

  Affiliation Neuroinfection Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Wolfgang Thormann,

  Affiliation Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Stephen L. Leib

  * E-mail: stephen.leib@ifik.unibe.ch

  Affiliations Neuroinfection Laboratory, Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Biology Division, Spiez Laboratory, Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection, Spiez, Switzerland

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