Immediate impact of electroconvulsive therapy on cardiac autonomic function in schizophrenia: a preliminary study

Schizophr Res. 2008 Mar;100(1-3):353-5. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.10.017. Epub 2007 Dec 3.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia / methods
  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Autonomic Nervous System / drug effects
  • Autonomic Nervous System / physiology*
  • Autonomic Nervous System / physiopathology
  • Drug Resistance
  • Electrocardiography / drug effects
  • Electrocardiography / statistics & numerical data*
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy / methods*
  • Female
  • Heart / drug effects
  • Heart / innervation*
  • Heart / physiology*
  • Heart Rate / drug effects
  • Heart Rate / physiology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Schizophrenia / drug therapy
  • Schizophrenia / physiopathology
  • Schizophrenia / therapy*
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Thiamylal / administration & dosage
  • Thiamylal / pharmacology
  • Vagus Nerve / drug effects
  • Vagus Nerve / physiology

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Thiamylal