How electroconvulsive therapy relieves depression per animal experiments

Tl;dr it turns on certain genes and stimulates the formation of new neurons in the hippocampus (in mice anyway)

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ECT also works for sz. I’ve been getting it for years and it helps the medicine work. Apparently it’s used for a lot of conditions. I know it’s also used for Parkinson’s. :sunny:️

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What are the side-effects of ECT?

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Memory loss …etc… u can google it… what are u doing Gentle soul… millions of hugs to u from Nepal…