Simultaneous pattern of rCBF and rCMRGlu in continuation ECT: Case reports

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-198

  Conca, Andreas ^a   Prapotnik, Michael ^a   Peschina, William ^b   König, Peter ^a  

^a Regional Hospital of Rankweil   (Austria)

^b Regional Hospital of Feldkirch   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral glucose metabolism; Continuation electroconvulsive therapy; SPECT scans

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; METABOLIC RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242499480     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(03)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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