Electroconvulsive therapy and the brain: evidence for increased dopamine-mediated responses.
The growth-hormone (GH) response to subcutaneous administration of the dopamine agonist, apomorphine (0.005 mg/kg), was assessed in 15 depressed patients at the beginning and at the end of a course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). After ECT there was a significant increase in the GH response to a...
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Materiálatiipa: | Journal article |
Giella: | English |
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1982
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