CHEMICALLY INDUCED THERAPEUTIC SEIZURES AS PREDECESSORS TO THE MODERN ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (FOR THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY): SCIENTIFIC REVIEW

Purpose: To present the reader with thorough historical overview of chemically induced (by the use of camphor, cardiazole or triazole) seizures as predecessors of modern electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the history of the discovery of this method, the mechanisms of its therapeutic effect, its compar...

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Main Authors: Yuriy Vitalevich Bykov, Roman Aleksandrovich Bekker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science and Innovation Center Publishing House 2018-04-01
Series:В мире научных открытий
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Online Access:http://journal-s.org/index.php/vmno/article/view/10627