Catatonic features in major depression relieved by electroconvulsive treatment: Parallel evaluation of the status of platelet serotonin transporter

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1460-1466

  Cupello, Aroldo ^a,c   Bandini, Fabio ^b   Albano, Claudio ^b   Favale, Emilio ^b   Marchese, Roberta ^b   Scarrone, Simona ^a   Trompetto, Carlo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catatonic features; Electroconvulsive treatment; Major depression; Platelet SERT; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ATROPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PERPHENAZINE; PROPOFOL; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADD ON THERAPY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION; VENOUS BLOOD;

AGED; BLOOD PLATELETS; CATATONIA; CLOMIPRAMINE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51849136958     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450701870303     Document Type: Article

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