Open AccessMRI T 2 relaxometry of brain regions and cognitive dysfunction following electroconvulsive therapy
Author(s) -
Girish Kunigiri,
P. N. Jayakumar,
N. Janakiramaiah,
Bangalore N. Gangadhar
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.37321
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , magnetic resonance imaging , psychology , hippocampus , thalamus , medicine , relaxometry , melancholia , neuroscience , anesthesia , cognition , radiology , spin echo
Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) causes no structural brain damage, recent studies reported altered brain perfusion acutely following ECT. This is in keeping with brain edema which was noted in animal experiments following electroconvulsive shock.