Glucocorticoid mechanisms may contribute to ECT-induced retrograde amnesia

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-80

  Nagaraja, Nandakumar ^a   Andrade, Chittaranjan ^b   Sudha, Suresh ^a   Madan Singh, Nagendra ^b   Chandra, J Suresh ^b   Venkataraman, B V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Cognition; Cortisol; Electroconvulsive shocks; Electroconvulsive therapy; Memory; Mifepristone; Rats

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROCORTISONE; MIFEPRISTONE; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIFEPRISTONE; PREMEDICATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 33845361775     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0593-y     Document Type: Article

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