%0 Journal Article %A R P Betts %A C Paschalis %A J A Jarratt %A F A Jenner %T Nerve fibre refractory period in patients treated with rubidium and lithium. %D 1978 %R 10.1136/jnnp.41.9.791 %J Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry %P 791-793 %V 41 %N 9 %X Nerve fibre refractory period distributions have been measured on the median nerves of six manic-depressive patients controlled with lithium carbonate, three chronic patients (two manic-depressives and one catatonic schizophrenic) controlled with rubidium chloride, and eight normal volunteers. Rubidium prolonged the refractory periods of all nerve fibres while lithium increased only the longer refractory periods. %U https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/jnnp/41/9/791.full.pdf