Short- and long-term efficacy of electroconvulsive stimulation in animal models of depression: The essential role of neuronal survival

Background: Severe and medication-resistant psychiatric diseases, such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, can be effectively and rapidly treated by electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Despite extensive long-standing clinical use, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying t...

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Main Authors: Julie Jonckheere, Jean-Christophe Deloulme, Gaëlle Dall’Igna, Nicolas Chauliac, Albane Pelluet, Anne-Sophie Nguon, Celia Lentini, Jacques Brocard, Eric Denarier, Sabine Brugière, Yohann Couté, Christophe Heinrich, Christophe Porcher, Jérôme Holtzmann, Annie Andrieux, Marie-Françoise Suaud-Chagny, Sylvie Gory-Fauré
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Brain Stimulation
Subjects:
ECS
ECT
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X18302845