The short answer is that both the placenta & blood-brain barrier are
lipoidal barriers, selectively passing lipid soluble (and small sized)
molecules. This means that, for the most part, anything that gets into the
brain will cross the placenta. Since both steroid hormones and lithium have
centr
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To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Psychotropic medication and placental barrier?
TIPSfolk,
I had two student questions this week that I was uncertain about. Can
anyone help?
1. Does lithium and other psychotropic medication cross the placental
barrier? Is so, what can hap
TIPSfolk,
I had two student questions this week that I was uncertain about. Can
anyone help?
1. Does lithium and other psychotropic medication cross the placental
barrier? Is so, what can happen?
2. If a woman who is nursing takes birth control pills, can the hormones
be found in the breast
