Effect of Adjuvant Electroconvulsive Therapy Compared to Antipsychotic Medication Alone on the Brain Metabolites of Patients with Chronic Schizophrenia: A Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study

Effect of Adjuvant Electroconvulsive Therapy Compared to Antipsychotic Medication Alone on the Brain Metabolites of Patients with Chronic Schizophrenia: A Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study

Objective: Schizophrenia is a common psychiatric disease and is characterized by changes in several brain metabolites detectable by magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a general method of management for most severe psychiatric conditions that may play a role in...

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Main Authors: Mehrzad Lotfi, mehdi ghaderian jahromi, Ali Firoozabadi, Leila Razeghian Jahromi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Brain Metabolites
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Schizophrenia
Online Access:https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/1184

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