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Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Elderly Depressed Patients Receiving Electroconvulsive Therapy

 

作者: Gary Figiel,   C. Coffey,   Richard Weiner,  

 

期刊: Convulsive Therapy  (OVID Available online 1989)
卷期: Volume 5, issue 1  

页码: 26-34

 

ISSN:0749-8055

 

年代: 1989

 

出版商: OVID

 

关键词: Magnetic resonance imaging;Encephalomalacia, subcortical;Electroconvulsive therapy

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

The authors review their experience with brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in elderly patients with depression referred for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). A variety of brain changes were identified on the pre-ECT MR scans of these patients, including cortical atrophy, subcortical encephalomalacia, lateral ventricular enlargement, and lesions of the pons. The authors examine the effects of these preexisting brain changes on the therapeutic outcome and side effects from ECT. Pilot data suggest that these brain findings do not change during a course of ECT. The potential relationship of these brain changes to the development of affective disorder in the elderly is discussed and areas for future research are suggested.

 

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