Changes in everyday and semantic memory function after electroconvulsive therapy for unipolar depression

Journal of ECT

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-157

  Schat, Anke ^a   Van Den Broek, Walter W ^b   Mulder, Paul G H ^b   Birkenhäger, Tom K ^b   Van Tuijl, Ruud ^b   Murre, Jaap M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Depression; ECT; Electrode placement; Everyday memory; Follow up; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ETOMIDATE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; METHYLATROPINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RIVERMEAD BEHAVIOURAL MEMORY TEST; SEMANTIC MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME;

EID: 34548462939     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/yct.0b013e318065aa0c     Document Type: Article

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