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Images in electroconvulsive therapy: Pilot impressions suggesting that ECT reduces excitatory synapses in the basolateral amygdala

BACKGROUND: In animal models, stress and depression are associated with excitatory changes in the amygdala; this aberrant neuroplasticity may represent increased fear learning, explaining the anxiety, fear, and related symptoms that characterize clinical depression. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a pilot...

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Autores principales: Khaleel, Nagarchi, Ravindranath, Roopa, Sagar, B. K. Chandrasekhar, Andrade, Chittaranjan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3696252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23825863
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.111471