Does ECT alter brain structure?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 957-970

  Devanand, D P ^b   Dwork, Andrew J ^a   Hutchinson, Edward R ^a   Bolwig, Tom G ^a   Sackeim, Harold A ^a  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; RNA;

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; CELL COUNT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 0028278415     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.151.7.957     Document Type: Article

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