Neuropathologic examination after 91 ECT treatments in a 92-year-old woman with late-onset depression

Journal of ECT

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 96-98

  Scalia, Jason ^a,b,d   Lisanby, Sarah H ^a,b   Dwork, Andrew J ^a,b   Johnson, James E ^c   Bernhardt, Elisabeth R ^b   Arango, Victoria ^a,b   McCall, W Vaughn ^c  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Hippocampus; Histology

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; AMFEBUTAMONE; FLUOXETINE; GEMCITABINE; IMIPRAMINE; LIOTHYRONINE; LITHIUM; MAPROTILINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIRTAZAPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; THIORIDAZINE; TRAZODONE; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL LOSS; COGNITION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DEATH; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HEART FAILURE; HIP FRACTURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; VATER PAPILLA TUMOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY;

EID: 34249875164     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31804bb99d     Document Type: Article

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