Effects of single and repeated electroconvulsive therapy sessions on plasma ACTH, prolactin, growth hormone and cortisol concentrations

Electroconvulsive therapy

2012 • 930 citations

Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Rhythm Disturbances in Psychiatric Depression

1985 • 205 citations

Long-term effects of electroconvulsive shock therapy on synthesis turnover and uptake of brain monoamines

1976 • 180 citations

The permeability of the blood—brain barrier during electrically induced seizures in man

1977 • 166 citations

The psychiatric use of electrically induced seizures

1979 • 111 citations

IMMEDIATE INCREASES IN PLASMA PROLACTIN AND NEUROPHYSIN BUT NOT OTHER HORMONES AFTER ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY

1982 • 88 citations

Prolactin Levels after Bilateral and Unilateral ECT

1984 • 63 citations

Receptors and the mechanism of action of ECT.

1982 • 62 citations

Unilateral and Bilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy

1972 • 62 citations

Serotonergic mechanism in the control of β-endorphin and acth release in male rats

1982 • 61 citations

Effects of ECT on Pituitary Hormone Release: Relationship to Seizure, Clinical Variables and Outcome

1983 • 59 citations

Selective effects of ECT on hypothalamic—pituitary activity

1987 • 55 citations

The effect of acute and repeated electroconvulsive treatment on plasma β-endorphin, growth hormone, prolactin and cortisol secretion in depressed patients

1987 • 54 citations

EEG IN UNILATERAL AND BILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY

1975 • 46 citations

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) increases plasma growth hormone, prolactin, luteinising hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone but not thyrotropin or substance P

1981 • 36 citations

Plasma pattern of adrenocorticotropin and cortisol during electroconvulsive therapy in patients with major depressive illness

1984 • 32 citations

Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on neuropsychological function and circulating levels of ACTH, cortisol, prolactin, and TSH in patients with major depressive illness

1985 • 30 citations

Effects of electroconvulsive treatment on monoamine metabolites, growth hormone, and prolactin in plasma.

1984 • 27 citations

Effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine uptake blockers on the release of LH and prolactin in several different experimental steroid models in the rat

1985 • 24 citations

Hormone response to repeated electroconvulsive therapy: Effects of naloxone

1985 • 23 citations

Effects of seizure duration on serum TSH concentration after ECT

1987 • 13 citations

Electroconvulsive therapy and plasma prostaglandin E2 metabolite in major depressive disorder

1987 • 10 citations

Neuroendocrinology and ECT: A review of recent developments

1980 • 5 citations

Serotonin and the postictal prolactin surge

1989 • 1 citations