Electroconvulsive therapy increases circadian amplitude and lowers core body temperature in depressed subjects

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1130-1137

  Szuba, Martin P ^a,d   Guze, Barry H ^b   Baxter Jr , Lewis R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d The Science Center Philadelphia   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Depressive disorders; Electroconvulsive therapy; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFFECT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0031574290     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00046-2     Document Type: Article

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