Electroconvulsive stimulation attenuates chronic neuroinflammation

Electroconvulsive therapy is highly effective in resistant depression by unknown mechanisms. Microglial toxicity was suggested to mediate depression and plays key roles in neuroinflammatory and degenerative diseases, where there is critical shortage in therapies. We examined the effects of electroco...

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Main Authors: Smadar Goldfarb, Nina Fainstein, Tamir Ben-Hur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Clinical investigation 2020-09-01
Series:JCI Insight
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.137028