Cerebral and Brain Stem Changes After ECT Revealed by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 151 (1) , 69-71
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.151.1.69
Abstract
Nuclear magnetic resonance images of the brain were obtained in fourteen patients with major depression during a course of ECT. The T1, relaxation time rose immediately after the fit reaching a maximum 4–6 h later. The T1, values then returned to their original level; no long-term increase occurred over the course of treatment. These results are consistent with an extensive but temporary breakdown of the blood-brain barrier during ECT.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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