Electrophysiological Studies on the Impact of Repeated Electroconvulsive Shocks on Catecholamine Systems in the Rat Brain

Electrophysiological Studies on the Impact of Repeated Electroconvulsive Shocks on Catecholamine Systems in the Rat Brain

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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) effectively treats depression by administration of repeated seizure-inducing electrical stimuli. Sprague-Dawley rats were administered 6 electroconvulsive shocks (ECS) over 2 weeks, and in vivo single unit extracellular electrophysiological activity was recorded after...

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Main Author: Tsen, Peter
Language:en
Published: 2011
Subjects:
depression
ECT
electroconvulsive
ECS
antidepressant
electrophysiology
serotonin
dopamine
norepinephrine
facial
motor
nigra
psychomotor
electroshock
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20052

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