Mechanism of the antidepressant action of electroconvulsive therapy

Lancet. 1978 Feb 4;1(8058):254-7. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(78)90495-6.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Behavior, Animal / drug effects
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Bufotenin / analogs & derivatives
  • Bufotenin / pharmacology
  • Depression / therapy*
  • Dopamine / metabolism
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy*
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Humans
  • Hydroxydopamines / pharmacology
  • Male
  • Norepinephrine / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Serotonin / biosynthesis
  • Tranylcypromine / pharmacology
  • Tryptophan / pharmacology

Substances

  • Hydroxydopamines
  • Bufotenin
  • Serotonin
  • Tranylcypromine
  • Tryptophan
  • Dopamine
  • Norepinephrine