'Normal' P300 amplitude predicts rapid response to ECT in melancholia

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-215

  Ancy, J ^a   Gangadhar, B N ^a   Janakiramaiah, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

electro convulsive therapy; melancholia; P300 event related potential; prediction of ECT response; time course of response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030590856     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(96)00090-0     Document Type: Article

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