Results of learning experiments in the course of treatment of endogenomorphic depression. A comparison of electroconvulsive and pharmacological treatment.
In this study we attempted to break down short-term effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on memory into anterograde and retrograde amnesia, and for the latter we again separated short-term store performances from those connected with the long-term store of memory. Our experiments included complicated learning tasks. Although impairment caused by ECT was demonstrable in all three test fields, complicated conditioning experiments stored in the long-term store proved to be most sensitive to the disturbing effect of ECT.
D000328:Adult; D000639:Amitriptyline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003118:Color Perception / Q000187:drug effects; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000187:drug effects; D012153:Retention, Psychology / Q000187:drug effects; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000187:drug effects
D000639:Amitriptyline