Diffusion weighted MRI in the early phase after electroconvulsive therapy

Neurological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-259

  Szabo, Kristina ^a,b   Hirsch, Jochen G ^c   Krause, Martin ^b,d   Ende, Gabriele ^b   Henn, Fritz A ^b   Sartorius, Alexander ^b   Gass, Achim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Electroconvulsive therapy; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34249013056     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313206X153842     Document Type: Article

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