Electroconvulsive therapy in melancholia: the role of hippocampal neurogenesis.
CONCLUSION: We hypothesize that the superior antimelancholic effect of induced seizures may be understood in the light of the powerful control of neural plasticity exerted by the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and, perhaps, other regulatory factors.
PMID: 17280579 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Supplementum - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl Source Type: research
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