Strategies to Minimize Cognitive Side Effects With ECT

“Mini-mental state”

1975 • 82,784 citations

Efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy in depressive disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2003 • 1,497 citations

Effects of Stimulus Intensity and Electrode Placement on the Efficacy and Cognitive Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy

1993 • 901 citations

The Cognitive Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Community Settings

2006 • 510 citations

Continuation Electroconvulsive Therapy vs Pharmacotherapy for Relapse Prevention in Major Depression

2006 • 432 citations

Decreased Regional Brain Metabolism After ECT

2001 • 324 citations

Titrated Moderately Suprathreshold vs Fixed High-Dose Right Unilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy

2000 • 318 citations

The Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Memory of Autobiographical and Public Events

2000 • 315 citations

Stimulus Intensity, Seizure Threshold, and Seizure Duration

1991 • 314 citations

Effects of electrode placement on the efficacy of titrated, low-dose ECT

1987 • 288 citations

Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Mood Disorders, III

1994 • 261 citations

Safety and Feasibility of Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST) in Major Depression: Randomized Within-Subject Comparison with Electroconvulsive Therapy

2003 • 260 citations

Predictors of retrograde amnesia following ECT

1995 • 258 citations

Effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy in community settings

2004 • 245 citations

Studies of dosage, seizure threshold, and seizure duration in ECT

1987 • 214 citations

The Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Quantitative Electroencephalograms

1996 • 205 citations

Seizure threshold in electroconvulsive therapy: I. Initial seizure threshold

1995 • 176 citations

Comparison of Bifrontal and Bitemporal ECT for Major Depression

2000 • 170 citations

Therapeutic advantage of bifrontal electrode placement in ECT

1993 • 137 citations

A Double-Blind Controlled Comparison of the Therapeutic Effects of Low and High Energy Electroconvulsive Therapies

1982 • 131 citations

A Comparison of Techniques in Electro-Convulsive Therapy

1968 • 130 citations

The ictal EEG as a marker of adequate stimulus intensity with unilateral ECT

1995 • 127 citations

Antidepressant and cognitive effects of twice- versus three-times- weekly ECT

1995 • 127 citations

Determinants of Seizure Threshold in ECT: Benzodiazepine Use, Anesthetic Dosage, and Other Factors

2000 • 123 citations

ECT and seizure threshold: effects of stimulus wave form and electrode placement.

1980 • 119 citations

Memory and ECT: From Polarization to Reconciliation

2000 • 102 citations

Cognitive Consequences of Low‐Dosage Electroconvulsive Therapya

1986 • 99 citations

Electrophysiological Correlates of the Adverse Cognitive Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy

2000 • 95 citations

Electro-convulsive therapy practices in the community

2001 • 93 citations

Convulsant and anticonvulsant properties of electroconvulsive therapy: towards a focal form of brain stimulation

2004 • 88 citations

Electrode placement in ECT: cognitive effects

1990 • 86 citations

Long-Term Maintenance ECT: A Retrospective Review of Efficacy and Cognitive Outcome

2003 • 86 citations

Autobiographical memory and mood: Effects of electroconvulsive therapy.

1995 • 85 citations

The Experience of Memory Function after Electroconvulsive Therapy

1963 • 84 citations

Acute memory impairment following electroconvulsive therapy

1983 • 74 citations

Absence of cognitive impairment after more than 100 lifetime ECT treatments

1991 • 71 citations

Optimal stimulus duration for extracranial cortical stimulation

1987 • 70 citations

Effects of depression and ECT on anterograde memory

1986 • 68 citations

Electrical Dose and Seizure Threshold: Relations to Clinical Outcome and Cognitive Effects in Bifrontal, Bitemporal, and Right Unilateral ECT

2000 • 66 citations

Clinical efficacy and cognitive side effects of bifrontal versus right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): A short-term randomised controlled trial in pharmaco-resistant major depression

2006 • 63 citations

II. COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS AND MEMORY DlSTURBANCES IN TREATMENT OF ENDOGENOUS DEPRESSION WITH THE ELTHER ES ELECTROSHOCK APPARTUS AND SIEMENS KONVULSATOR III

1963 • 62 citations

Bifrontal Versus Right Unilateral and Bitemporal Electroconvulsive Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder

2005 • 51 citations

The Influence of Cognitive Reserve on Memory Following Electroconvulsive Therapy

2003 • 50 citations

Effects of Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy on Cognitive Functions

2003 • 46 citations

The natural history of acute organic mental syndrome after bilateral electroconvulsive therapy.

1979 • 44 citations

Age-related cognitive effects of ECT and ECT-induced mood improvement in depressive patients

2006 • 39 citations

Right Unilateral and Bifrontal Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Treatment of Depression: A Preliminary Study

2002 • 39 citations

Memory, Attention, and Executive Functions Before and After Sine and Pulse Wave Electroconvulsive Therapies for Treatment-Resistant Major Depression

2006 • 39 citations

Effects of ECT given two vs. three times weekly

1987 • 37 citations

Absence of Additional Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia Patients During Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy

2004 • 35 citations

Comparison of Clinical Efficacy and Side Effects for Bitemporal and Bifrontal Electrode Placement in Electroconvulsive Therapy

2004 • 35 citations

Pattern of cognitive dysfunction in depressive patients during maintenance electroconvulsive therapy

2003 • 33 citations

Executive Functions in Unipolar Depression Before and After Electroconvulsive Therapy

1988 • 33 citations

Disorientation during Electroconvulsive Therapya

1986 • 33 citations

Impact of Maintenance ECT on Concentration and Memory

2001 • 30 citations

Cognitive Status of Psychiatric Patients Under Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy: A One-Year Longitudinal Study

2004 • 28 citations

A statistical model predicting the seizure threshold for right unilateral ECT in 106 patients.

1996 • 27 citations

Acute cognitive effects of subconvulsive electrical stimulation.

1994 • 23 citations

Exceptionally high seizure threshold: ECT device limitations.

1996 • 20 citations

Electrical dose titration for electroconvulsive therapy: a comparison with dose prediction methods.

1995 • 20 citations

Changes in neuropsychological test performance after electroconvulsive therapy.

1982 • 17 citations

Cognitive rehabilitation: assessment and treatment of persistent memory impairments following ECT

2007 • 15 citations

Bifrontal Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Elderly

2004 • 14 citations

Treatment Delays in the Course of Electroconvulsive Therapy

1986 • 13 citations

Memory effects of restricted environmental stimulation therapy (REST) and possible applications to ECT

1987 • 6 citations