Cerebrovascular pulsation and width of subarachnoid space during electroconvulsive therapy

Journal of ECT

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-105

  Frydrychowski, Andrzej F ^a   Pankiewicz, Piotr ^a   Sowiński, Piotr ^a   Krzyzowski, Janusz ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b Private Clinic of Psychiatry   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood supply; Electroconvulsive therapy; Transillumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; NEAR INFRARED TRANSILLUMINATION BACKSCATTERING SOUNDING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PULSE WAVE; SKIN; SKULL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAD; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 67849105013     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31818b1328     Document Type: Article

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