Does parasympathetic modulation prior to ECT treatment influence therapeutic outcome?

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1174-1180

  Ebert, Andreas ^a   Jochum, Thomas ^b   Ritter, Julia ^b   Boettger, Michael Karl ^b   Schulz, Steffen ^c   Voss, Andreas ^c   Bär, Karl Jürgen ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Electroconvulsive therapy; Major depression; Parasympathetic system; Stimulation; Vagal

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CITALOPRAM; LITHIUM SALT; MIRTAZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956434792     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.06.012     Document Type: Review

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