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Electroconvulsive Therapy

Known as: electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), Therapies, Electroconvulsive, Electroconvulsive Therapies 
A procedure in which a series of short duration electric currents are passed via electrodes through the brain to cause a controlled seizure for the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Affective Disorders, PsychoticAversive TherapyBenign Rolandic EpilepsyElectronarcosis

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Convulsive therapyElectric Stimulation TherapyElectroconvulsive ShockPsychiatric Somatic Therapies

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electrical aversion therapy

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Integrated preconcentration SDS-PAGE of proteins in microchips using photopatterned cross-linked polyacrylamide gels.
The potential of integration of functions in microfluidic chips is demonstrated by implementing on-chip preconcentration of… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Influence of electric fields on pinning in YBa2Cu3O7- delta films.
Experimental evidence is provided that the pinning force and the critical current density of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ a films can be… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
A long-lived fusogenic state is induced in erythrocyte ghosts by electric pulses
Treatment of erythrocyte ghosts in random positions in a suspension with membrane fusion-inducing direct current electric field… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Polymer Films on Electrodes XVI . In Situ Ellipsometric Measurements of Polybipyrazine, Polyaniline, and Polyvinylferrocene Films
Ellipsometry was used to study the electrodeposition of polymer films formed by oxidation of bipyrazine, polyvinylferrocene, and… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
Immunobiology of myasthenia gravis, experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis, and Lambert-Eaton syndrome.
The muscular weakness and excessive fatigability that characterize the disease now known as myasthenia gravis (MG) were initially… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Reversible and irreversible modification of erythrocyte membrane permeability by electric field.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Decreased defibrillator-induced dysfunction with biphasic rectangular waveforms.
High-intensity electric shocks used for cardiac defibrillation produce arrhythmias, S-T segment changes, and a low percent… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Audiogenic Seizure Susceptibility Induced in C57B1/6J Mice by Prior Auditory Exposure
Pronounced susceptibility to audiogenic seizures was produced in highly resistant C57B1/6J mice after earlier exposure to a loud… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Conflict versus consolidation of memory traces to explain "retrograde amnesia" produced by ECS.
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Dilutional hyponatremic shock: another concept of the transurethral prostatic resection reaction.
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