ECT for Parkinson's disease

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 468-469

  Popeo, Dennis ^a   Kellner, Charles H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; LEVODOPA; MONOAMINE;

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MOOD DISORDER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; RELAPSE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 69249213356     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.06.053     Document Type: Editorial

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