Background For more than 50 years, research in convulsive therapy has been focused on
the impact of electricity and seizures on memory and not on brain chemistry or …

Information about electricity helps ensure electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) safety and
efficacy and limit side effects. It bears on seizure generation, stimulus dose, and stimulus …

A model of ECT seizure induction by rapid kindling is described. The electrical stimulus as a
series of pulses progressively disrupts neuronal cell membranes, with corresponding …

In August 1939, at the 3rd International Neurological Congress in Copenhagen, Professor
Lucio Bini reported on the first use of electricity to induce a seizure for therapeutic purposes …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which is among the oldest and most controversial
treatments in the field of psychiatry, has its 80 th birthday this year. In this brief historical …

The contribution of electricity to the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has always
been considered marginal, because the efficacy of convulsive therapy using intravenous …

抄録< jats: title> Abstract</jats: title>< jats: p> The traditional litany on the history of the
medical uses of electricity, beginning with the Roman use of electric fish to treat headaches …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is, of course, a misnomer. Convulsive movements are a by-
product of eliciting seizures that generalize to the motor cortex. Commonly, convulsive …

ECT is an effective but also controversial treatment modality in psychiatry. The decision of
when to use ECT is predicated on a knowledgeable assessment of anticipated benefits and …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a psychiatric treatment involving the induction of a
seizure through the transmission of electricity in the brain. Because of exploitation movies …