Does neuroanatomy predict ECT response?

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1339-1352

  DeQuardo, John R ^a   Tomori, Oladapo ^a   Brunberg, James A ^a   Tandon, Rajiv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ventricle; Cortex; Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROANATOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ATROPHY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031469659     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(97)00168-1     Document Type: Article

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