Electroconvulsive treatment: Hypotheses about mechanisms of action

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Fosse, Roar ^a   Read, John ^b  

^a Vestre Viken State Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Dopamine; ECT; EEG; Electroconvulsive treatment; Frontal lobes; HPA axis; Temporal lobes

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DECELERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL GYRUS; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84884404362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00094     Document Type: Article

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