Can tainted treatment make a shock return?

• Autores: Jessica Hamzelou
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3087, 2016, págs. 16-17
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Hamzelou talks about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). People undergoing ECT are given general anesthesia and a muscle relaxant. The way ECT works on the brain is also less brute force than it might seem. For instance, it appears to alter the levels of brain chemicals known to be involved in a range of psychiatric and neurological conditions. Standard antidepressant drugs boost the activity of serotonin, at least partly by limiting the number of serotonin binding sites. ECT seems to have the same effect.