Changes in plasma amino acids after electroconvulsive therapy of depressed patients

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-190

  Palmio, Johanna ^a,b   Huuhka, Martti ^b   Saransaari, Pirjo ^a   Oja, Simo S ^a,b   Peltola, Jukka ^b   Leinonen, Esa ^b   Suhonen, Jaana ^c   Keränen, Tapani ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Central Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aspartate; Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy; GABA; Glutamate; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ASPARTIC ACID; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 28244441301     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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