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Electroconvulsive Therapy and Prolactin Release: Effects of Stimulus Parameters
Richard Abrams1, Conrad M. Swartz
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Convulsive Therapy
|January 1, 1985
Abstract:
We report a study of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) induced prolactin release in nine patients as a function of treatment electrode placement, stimulus energy, and seizure length. Only electrode placement differentially affected prolactin release, with bilateral ECT yielding larger increments over baseline than unilateral ECT.