Delayed sympathetic hyperactivity following electroconvulsive therapy in patients with catatonic schizophrenia

Japanese Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-83

  Kuwahara, Tatsuro ^a   Yoshino, Aihide ^a   Horikawa, Naoshi ^b   Nomura, Soichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic system; Catatonia; Electroconvulsive therapy; Heart rate variability; Sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERTENSION; MOOD DISORDER; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA, CATATONIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67651062091     PISSN: 13402544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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