Ictal electroencephalographic correlates of posttreatment neuropsychological changes in electroconvulsive therapy: A hypothesis-generation study

Journal of ECT

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-168

  Azuma, Hideki ^a   Fujita, Akiko ^a   Otsuki, Kazuyuki ^a   Nakano, Yumi ^a   Kamao, Takahiro ^a   Nakamura, Chie ^a   Fujioi, Junko ^a   Otake, Hirohumi ^a   Nishigaki, Makoto ^a   Suzuki, Masako ^a   Kataoka, Miyako ^a   Matsuzawa, Takahiro ^a   Sonoda, Manabu ^a   Nakaaki, Shutaro ^a   Murata, Yoshie ^a   Akechi, Tatsuo ^a   Furukawa, Toshi A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anterograde amnesia; Attention executive function; Depressive disorder; Electroconvulsive therapy; Wechsler Memory Scale Revised

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; FLUOXETINE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LORAZEPAM; SULPIRIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SPIKE WAVE; VERBAL MEMORY; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 34548379924     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31807a2a94     Document Type: Article

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