Effects of TRH administration on orientation time and recall after ECT

Journal of ECT

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 236-240

  Zervas, Iannis M ^a   Pehlivanidis, Artemios A ^a   Papakostas, Yiannis G ^a   Markianos, Manolis ^a   Papadimitriou, George N ^a   Stefanis, Costas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Thyrotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROTIRELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032437475     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-199812000-00003     Document Type: Article

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