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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
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Controllable interconnection of single-walled carbon nanotubes under ac electric field.
We demonstrated the controllable interconnection of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) under alternating current (ac… 
1995
1995
The dynamics of high autoionizing Rydberg states of Ar
In this paper we present a theoretical study of the autoionization dynamics of high 2P1/2np′[3/2]1 Rydbergs (with the principal… 
1990
1990
Ambipolar potential effect on a drift-wave mode in a tandem-mirror plasma.
The {bold k}-{omega} spectra of low-frequency waves which exist in a tandem-mirror plasma are observed by using the Fraunhofer… 
1990
1990
Contributions of the electrostatic and the dispersion interaction to the solvent shift in a dye-polymer system, as investigated by hole-burning spectroscopy.
  • Lothar KadorS. JahnDietrich HaarerR. Silbey
  • Physical Review B (Condensed Matter)
  • 1990
  • Corpus ID: 35007588
Des trous spectraux permanents brules dans le systeme octaethylporphin dans le poly(styrene) presentent un elargissement… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Electroconvulsive shock therapy and maximum binding of platelet tritiated imipramine binding in depression.
We studied the tritiated imipramine binding values in platelets from 12 hospitalized untreated patients with endogenous… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Prevention of death in endotoxin shock by glucose administration.
Abstract : Current interest has centered around the role of glucose metabolism in shock and trauma. The purpose of the present… 
1974
1974
Antidepressant effects of unilateral electric convulsive shock therapy.
Zung depression ratings were obtained from three groups of depressed patients before and after two electric convulsive shock… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
The effect of ECS on one-trial avoidance learning.
In a recent article, Coons and Miller (1960) raise the question as to whether previous studies which have purported to show that… 
Highly Cited
1954
Highly Cited
1954
Fertilization of the mouse egg and the effect of delayed coitus and of hot-shock treatment.
A total of 329 mated adult mice was used in the investigations. The mean number of eggs per mouse recovered from 171 mice killed… 
1950
1950
A test which predicts the clinical effects of electric shock treatment on schizophrenic patients.
(1) Individuals vary in their autonomic patterns. Seven patterns are described. Eighty percent of the controls not under stress…