Hippocampal volume is associated with physician-reported acute cognitive deficits after electroconvulsive therapy

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-25

  Lekwauwa, Ruby ^a   McQuoid, Douglas ^a   Steffens, David C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Depression; Elderly; Electroconvulsive therapy; Memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33744479449     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988705284724     Document Type: Article

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