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Rapid and stable changes in maturation-related phenotypes of the adult hippocampal neurons by electroconvulsive treatment.
Molecular brain - 2 Mar 2017
Imoto Yuki, Segi-Nishida Eri, Suzuki Hidenori, Kobayashi Katsunori
Abstract excerpt
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective and fast-acting treatment for depression. Despite a long history of clinical use, its mechanism of action remains poorly understood. Recently, a novel cellular mechanism of antidepressant action has been proposed: the phenotype of mature brain neurons is transformed to immature-like one by antidepressant drug treatments. We show here that electroconvulsive...
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