Prolactin response to electroconvulsive therapy: Effects of electrode placement and stimulus dosage

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-155

  Lisanby, Sarah H ^a   Devanand, D P ^a   Prudic, Joan ^a   Pierson, David ^c   Nobler, Mitchell S ^a   Fitzsimons, Linda ^a   Sackeim, Harold A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Major depression; Pituitary hormone; Prolactin; Seizure

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; METHOHEXITAL; PROLACTIN; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROLACTIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032518423     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00222-9     Document Type: Article

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