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Electroconvulsive therapy-induced brain plasticity determines therapeutic outcome in mood disorders

Electroconvulsive therapy-induced brain plasticity determines therapeutic outcome in mood disorders

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Electroconvulsive therapy-induced brain plasticity determines therapeutic outcome in mood disorders

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Electroconvulsive therapy-induced brain plasticity determines therapeutic outcome in mood disorders

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United States: National Academy of Sciences

Journal title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2014-01, Vol.111 (3), p.1156-1161

Language

English

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United States: National Academy of Sciences

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Contents

There remains much scientific, clinical, and ethical controversy concerning the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for psychiatric disorders stemming from a lack of information and knowledge about how such treatment might work, given its nonspecific and spatially unfocused nature. The mode of action of ECT has even been ascribed to a “barbaric”...

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Electroconvulsive therapy-induced brain plasticity determines therapeutic outcome in mood disorders

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3903198

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3903198

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ISSN

0027-8424

E-ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1321399111

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