Abstract

Bipolar disorder is a chronic brain disease characterized by lifelong repetition and remissions and emotional state fluctuations that vary from deep depression to extreme happiness. Although there are many studies on the neurobiological basis of bipolar disorder, its pathophysiology is not fully known. Brain imaging methods are potentially very important for obtaining information about the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder. Recent advances in brain imaging methods have increased the knowledge about abnormalities in neural systems underlying the disease and in various regions of the brain. Even though there is no more suspicion that bipolar disorder is a brain disorder, the underlying neuroanatomical causes remain uncertain. Studies indicate that all brain regions are structurally and functionally affected in bipolar patients. It has been investigated that there are structural and functional changes in many regions of the brain in bipolar disorder. It’s important to know these changes in the brain in bipolar disorder for a good nursing care.

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