Acute vs. chronic EEG effects in maprotiline- and in clomipramine-treated depressive inpatients and the prediction of therapeutic outcome.
Patients treated with the norepinephrine uptake inhibitor maprotiline showed an opposite tendency between acute and chronic effect of EEG. Whereas the acute effect indicated a decrease upon EEG vigilance, the chronic effect indicated an increase. Under clomipramine which acts upon different transmitter systems in a complex, up to now not fully understood way, acute and chronic EEG effects could not be differentiated.
Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002997:Clomipramine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008376:Maprotiline / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D008376:Maprotiline; D002997:Clomipramine