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Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on regional cerebral blood flow measured by ⁹⁹m technetium HMPAO SPECT

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posted on 2003-02-01, 00:00 authored by M D T Vangu, J D Esser, I H Boyd, Michael BerkMichael Berk
Decreased cerebral blood flow is documented in depression. In this study, 15 patients were studied with 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT before and after a course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Improvement in frontal and temporal hypoperfusion was seen only in those patients who responded to ECT. Cerebral hypoperfusion may be a state-dependent marker in depressive illness.

History

Journal

Progess in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry

Volume

27

Issue

1

Pagination

15 - 19

Publisher

Elsevier

Location

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ISSN

0278-5846

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2002, Elsevier Science