Memory, attention, and executive functions before and after sine and pulse wave electroconvulsive therapies for treatment-resistant major depression

Journal of ECT

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-112

  Fujita, Akiko ^a   Nakaaki, Shutaro ^a   Segawa, Kazuhisa ^a   Azuma, Hideki ^a   Sato, Kiyoe ^a   Arahata, Keiko ^a   Otsuki, Kazuyuki ^a   Hori, Miki ^a   Mochida, Yoshihito ^a   Uchida, Megumi ^a   Yamada, Tomoko ^a   Nakamura, Chie ^a   Akechi, Tatsuo ^a   Furukawa, Toshi A ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterograde memory; Attention and executive tasks; Electroconvulsive therapy; Medication resistant depressive disorder; Waveforms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WAVEFORM; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTENTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748097626     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200606000-00006     Document Type: Article

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