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Which body system does bipolar disorder affect?
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Brain: It is chiefly the brain and nervous system that bipolar disorder affects, with indirect effects on all systems--e.g., sleeplessness in mania or depression adversely affects everything. In mania the network of neural tissue in the cortex processes information much more than than normal but also latches onto unstable and dangerous configurations . In depression processing slows and falls into "pits"
Answered 8/18/2015
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