Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on functional brain networks in patients with schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Schizophrenia is a kind of intractable brain disorder. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been used to rapidly improve the clinical symptoms of patients with schizophrenia, but the effect of ECT on topological attributes of brain functional network in patients with schizophrenia has not been clear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the brain functional network mechanism of ECT against schizophrenia.

Methods

Thirty-one patients with schizophrenia and fifty healthy controls matching age, gender, and years of education were included. All participants underwent general data collection and magnetic resonance imaging scanning before ECT, and clinical symptoms were assessed using the Positive And Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). MRI and clinical symptoms were

SUBMITTER: Geng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10773126 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature