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- Title
Improvement of Depression and Parkinsonism during ECT A Case Study.
- Authors
Dysken, Maurice; Evans, Henry M.; Chan, Carlyle H.; Davis, John M.
- Abstract
Improvement in signs of parkinsonism and symptoms of depression was observed in a patient with Parkinson's disease who underwent a course of ECT for depression. Empirically this patient was observed by a blind rater to show a pattern of improvement in parkinsonian signs similar to that observed in parkinsonian patients treated with L-dopa. The time course of improvement of this patient's depression was also seen to parallel improvement in his Parkinson's disease. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that ECT increases catecholamine synthesis and more specifically would be evi-dence that ECT improves depression by increasing norepinephrine synthesis. Copyright © 1976 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Neuropsychobiology, 1976, Vol 2, Issue 2/3, p81
- ISSN
0302-282X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000117534