A LASTING CHANGE IN TRAZODONE RESPONSE AFTER NONCONVULSIVE ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY FOR MEDICATION-RESISTANT SENILE DEPRESSION

Authors
SHEN HW AWATA S KONNO M SATO M
Citation
Hw. Shen et al., A LASTING CHANGE IN TRAZODONE RESPONSE AFTER NONCONVULSIVE ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY FOR MEDICATION-RESISTANT SENILE DEPRESSION, PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES, 52(1), 1998, pp. 111-113
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Neurosciences,Psychiatry
Journal title
PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES → ACNP
ISSN journal
13231316
Volume
52
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
111 - 113
Database
ISI
SICI code
1323-1316(1998)52:1<111:ALCITR>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A senile patient showed a dramatic recovery from medication-resistant depression after non-convulsive electroshock therapy (nc-EST), with a lasting change in response to trazodone, which mainly acts as a seroto nin re-uptake inhibitor. This result suggests that a change in the ser otonin reuptake mechanism may be involved in the effect of nc-EST on d epression.