Lack of antidepressant effects of burst-suppressing isoflurane anesthesia in adult male Wistar outbred rats subjected to chronic mild stress.

Post-ictal emergence of slow wave EEG (electroencephalogram) activity and burst-suppression has been associated with the therapeutic effects of the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), indicating that mere "cerebral silence" may elicit antidepressant actions. Indeed, brief exposures to burst-s...

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Main Authors: Wiebke Theilmann, Marko Rosenholm, Philip Hampel, Wolfgang Löscher, Tomi Rantamäki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235046