Background Extensive clinical research has shown that the efficacy and cognitive outcomes of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are determined, in part, by the type of electrode placement used. Bitemporal ECT (BT, stimulating electrodes placed bilaterally in the frontotemporal region) is the form of ECT...
ECT is most commonly used to treatdepression, but doctors also recommend it to help with schizophrenia. Compared with medications, it starts to work faster (often within a week), especially with older people. ECT can reduce the chances of relapse as long as you undergo follow-up treatments. ...
hippocampus and depression, in which, however, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was overlooked [1]. In our opinion, no other specific form of psychiatric therapy plays a more important role for the neuroplasticity hypothesis of depression than ECT, which we would like to highlight by the following...
One other factor that is an ECT pro and con is that typically, unilateral ECT is tried first (there are fewer side effects) but if that isn’t effective, a stronger form of ECT (bilateral) can be tried. It’s a pro because it’s an option but it’s a con because of the increase...
ECT is usually now used only when other treatments have been ineffective, poorly tolerated or there is a need for rapid change, such as acute and intense suicidal behaviour. ECT is recom- mended for use by the American Psychiatric Association Task Force on ECT,5 Royal College of Psychiatrists...
9 The ability of cancer cells to change their migratory phenotype has important consequences for therapeutic strategies, as targeting one arm of the migratory pathway may lead to increased invasion through the alternate migratory phenotype. Epithelial cell transforming factor 2 (ECT2) is a GEF, ...
Therefore, the three BRCT domains of ECT2 display a novel BRCT domain configuration. If BRCT1 is the main RACGAP1 interaction site, the question remains: what are the functions of BRCT0 and BRCT2 in ECT2 activation during cytokinesis? Further, how autoinhibition by the BRCT domains spatially...
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/562,336, filed Nov. 24, 1995 now abandoned. Claims: We claim: 1. A method of ensuring the safety of a patient during electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) by automatic self test and operation of ECT apparatus, the method comprising: applying...
Does this experience shed light on the claims that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) causes persistent deficits in memory? Effects on memory, common in ECT, come in 2 flavors-an immediate transient delirium and ...
What is claimed is: 1. A purified ECT2 polypeptide having GEF activity and comprising an amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:4. Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The superfamily of small (21 kDa) GTP binding proteins (small G proteins) comprises subfamilies: Ras, Rho, ADP ...