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Electroconvulsive seizure treatment increases cell proliferation in rat frontal cortex.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Jan 2005
Madsen Torsten M, Yeh Damaris D, Valentine Gerald W, Duman Ronald S
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Recent studies have demonstrated increased neurogenesis in adult hippocampus in response to electroconvulsive seizure (ECS) or antidepressant drug treatment. Adult neurogenesis in the subgranular zone of the hippocampus and the subventricular zone is well established, whereas neuronal proliferation outside of these areas under unstimulated conditions is not observed. Since mood disorders are likely to involve...
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