Electroconvulsive therapy induces rapid microstructural and macrostructural changes, but microstructural changes are
Joey P A J Verdijk1,2, Julia C M Pottkämper3,4, Freek Ten Doesschate3,5,6
1Department of Psychiatry, Rijnstate Hospital , P.O. Box 9555, 6800 TA, Arnhem, The Netherlands. j.p.a.j.verdijk@utwente.nl.
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