THE EFFECT OF ELECTRIC CONVULSION THERAPY ON THE CIRCULATING CONCENTRATIONS OF PITUITARY HORMONES, CORTISOL AND CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE
Clinical EndocrinologyPublished 1 September 1976
Olavi Ylikorkala, Antti Kauppila, J. Haapalahti, Heikki Karppanen
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Abstract
In order to evaluate the effect of electroconvulsive therapy on the human pituitary-adrenal function, serial plasma samples were assayed for FSH, LH, TSH, HGH, ACTH, cortisol and cyclic AMP before and after nine shocks in five subjects. A prominent finding was the rapid stimulation of the ACTH-cortisol production in all subjects, while no consistent changes in FSH, LH, TSH, HGH or cyclic AMP were found.
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