title: Prolactin Response to Pentylenetetrazol (Cardiazol) Convulsive Therapy.
abstract: Epileptic grand mal seizures as well as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) induce a transient robust prolactin hypersecretion. Similar prolactin response has been demonstrated following pentylenetetrazol (Cardiazol)-induced seizures in two schizophrenic female patients. A slight increase in cortisol secretion but no change in thyroid stimulating hormone and growth hormone levels suggest that the prolactin response is a specific hormonal change during convulsive treatments.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Nervous and Mental Diseases, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Mihály
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arató
authors.forename: Ede
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frecska
authors.forename: Gyöngyi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Solti