Neuroimaging and electroconvulsive therapy: A review

Journal of ECT

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 138-142

  Bolwig, Tom G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Hyperconnectivity; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEIZURES;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; SEIZURES;

EID: 84901585487     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000140     Document Type: Review

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