Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the treatment of choice for drug-resistant depression (30% of patients), or when there is a short-term risk to the patient's life. Despite its robust efficacy and rapid onset of action, its use is limited both by the limited range of treatment available and by the cognitive effects sometimes induced. The present study focuses on the links between the efficacy of ECT, its cognitive effects and the formation of new neurons in the hippocampus (hippocampal neurogenesis) associated with this treatment.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
87
Sainte-Anne Hospital (GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences)
Paris, France
Correlation between increased hippocampal volume and post-ECT retrograde amnesia
Time frame: After a course of ECT, up to 3 months
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