[PDF][PDF] Does ECT alter brain structure?

DP Devanand, AJ Dwork, ER Hutchinson… - American Journal of …, 1994 - Citeseer
Objective: The purpose ofthis study was to evaluate whether ECT causes structural brain
damage. Method: The literature review covered the following areas: cognitive side effects …

How does electroconvulsive therapy work? Theories on its mechanism

TG Bolwig - The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
This article reviews 3 current theories of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). One theory points
to generalized seizures as essential for the therapeutic efficacy of ECT. Another theory …

Increased neurogenesis in a model of electroconvulsive therapy

TM Madsen, A Treschow, J Bengzon, TG Bolwig… - Biological …, 2000 - Elsevier
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 …

Electroconvulsive therapy, hypertensive surge, blood-brain barrier breach, and amnesia: exploring the evidence for a connection

C Andrade, TG Bolwig - The journal of ECT, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Preclinical and clinical evidence show that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)-induced
intraictal surge in blood pressure may result in a small, transient breach in the blood-brain …

Patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder have increased 5-HT2A receptor binding in the caudate nuclei

KH Adams, ES Hansen, LH Pinborg… - International Journal …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The pharmacological efficacy of serotonergic-acting drugs suggest that patients with
obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) may have alterations in their cerebral serotonergic (5 …

Powerful inhibition of kainic acid seizures by neuropeptide Y via Y5-like receptors

DPD Woldbye, PJ Larsen, JD Mikkelsen, K Klemp… - Nature medicine, 1997 - nature.com
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is widely distributed in interneurons of the central nervous system
(CNS), including the hippocampus and cerebral cortex, in concentrations exceeding those of …

Major depressive disorder in Parkinson's disease: a register‐based study

FM Nilsson, LV Kessing, TM Sørensen… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Nilsson FM, Kessing LV, Sørensen TM, Andersen PK, Bolwig TG. Major depressive disorder
in Parkinson's disease: a register‐based study. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2002: 106: 202–211.© …

Role for M5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in cocaine addiction

A Fink‐Jensen, I Fedorova, G Wörtwein… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Muscarinic cholinergic receptors of the M5 subtype are expressed by dopamine‐containing
neurons of the ventral tegmentum. These M5 receptors modulate the activity of midbrain …

Differential roles for neuropeptide Y Y1 and Y5 receptors in anxiety and sedation

G Sørensen, C Lindberg, G Wörtwein… - Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Central administration of neuropeptide Y (NPY) causes both anxiolysis and sedation.
Previous studies suggest that both effects are mediated via NPY Y1 receptors. However …

Catatonia in diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

A Francis, M Fink, F Appiani, A Bertelsen… - The journal of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
As international scholars of catatonia, we are concerned that the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V) proposes to delete the codes 295.2 …