Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a noninvasive technique to induce electric currents in the brain. Although rTMS is being evaluated as a possible alternative to electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of refractory depression, little is known about the pattern of activation induced in the brain by rTMS. We have compared immediate early gene expression in rat brain afte...

OBJECTIVE To ascertain patients' views on the benefits of and possible memory loss from electroconvulsive therapy. DESIGN Descriptive systematic review. DATA SOURCES Psychinfo, Medline, Web of Science, and Social Science Citation Index databases, and bibliographies. STUDY SELECTION Articles with patients' views after treatment with electroconvulsive therapy. DATA EXTRACTION 26 studies c...

results 6 hours after ect, 126 patients (21.9%) reported headaches, and 56 patients (9%) reported myalgia. the presence of headache or myalgia 6 hours after ect was not correlated to the duration of convulsion, treatment sessions, sex, or age. but myalgia at 2 hours after treatment was correlated with sex (0.04). sex, age, duration of seizure, and treatment sessions were not predictors of heada...

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Electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with bipolar disorder and history of ischemic stroke This article is case-report 35 year old female who, after careful consideration additional investigations, received treatment electroconvulsive (ECT) for treatment-resistant depression rapid cycling 1 disorder. A thorough neurological evaluation patients important as stated by the guidelines. As was clin...

Introduction Intelectual disability is an illness with important burden on patients and caregivers, especially when severe comorbidities such as other psychiatric disorders are present. There case reports of treatment resistant self-aggression, agitation, epilepsy, catatonia psychosis successfully treated electroconvulsive therapy although controlled studies were not found. Objectives This work...

INTRODUCTION In the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10 and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV classification systems, catatonia is classified as a subtype of schizophrenia. However, catatonia is more frequently associated with mood disorders than schizophrenia. It is also associated with organic conditions. Catatonia respond...

Background Matrix metalloproteinases are involved in neuroinflammatory processes, which could underlie depression. Serum levels of MMP-9 and MMP-2 in depressed patients are significantly altered following electroconvulsive therapy, but an association between altered matrix metalloproteinases after successful ECT and possible relapse has yet to be investigated. Methods Serum was obtained twice...

BACKGROUND Arrhythmias resulting in cardiac arrest during electroconvulsive therapy have been reported. Most reported cases of cardiac arrest had asystole as the initial rhythm. Pulseless electrical activity as an initial rhythm of cardiac arrest during electroconvulsive therapy has never been reported. Also, thromboembolism after inflation of pneumatic tourniquet during lower limb surgery has ...

BACKGROUND Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a widely used and efficient treatment modality in psychiatry, although the basis for its therapeutic effect is still unknown. Past research has shown seizure activity to be a regulator of neurogenesis in the adult brain. This study examines the effect of a single and multiple electroconvulsive seizures on neurogenesis in the rat dentate gyrus. MET...