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Memory studies in electric convulsion therapy.

The disturbances of memory immediately following electric convulsion therapy (E.C.T.) have been the subject of many investigations (Zubin and Barrera, 1941; Mayer-Gross, 1943; Liberson and Wilcox, 1945; Kalinowsky and Hoch, 1947). Implicit, ifnot explicit, in the majority of these papers is the assumption that memory can be studied in isolation, Bartlett, however, (1932), long ago demonstrated ...

Convulsion Therapy in Schizophrenia

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appears to make no difference to the rate of recovery of bladder accommodation, sensation and contractility, although rapid decompression results in a greater degree of ocdema, congestion and bleeding from the bladder than if it is done slowly. The recovery of bladder function post-operatively has only been investigated in patients who presented with paradoxical incontinence. It would be intere...

Effect of electric convulsion therapy on urinary excretion of 3', 5' cyclic adenosine monophosphate.

Electric convulsion therapy (E.C.T.) was used in the treatment of 13 women inpatients suffering from depressive symptoms. Twelve of the patients showed a significant increase in urinary excretion of 3', 5' cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) on the day of treatment, whereas four controls who received all or part of the preliminary treatment but no electric shock showed a reduction. The result...

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NUCLEIC ACID. By J. F. Danielli and R. Brown. Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology, No. 1. Cambridge University Press. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1947. vi + 290 pp. $8.50 This volume presents the papers read at a symposium of the Society for Experimental Biology held at Cambridge in July 1946. The reader will find much basic material pertaining to current concepts of the chemistry...