Imaging Study of Electroconvulsive Modulation of Brain Markers of Emotional Processing and Activation of Various Brain Regions in Schizophrenic Patients.

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      ELECTROCONVULSIVE therapy; PEOPLE with schizophrenia; BRAIN physiology; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
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      Aims • An imaging study to investigate electroconvulsive modulation of brain markers of emotional processing and activity of various brain regions in patients with schizophrenia. Materials and methods • One hundred and twenty patients with schizophrenia admitted to The Brain Hospital of Hunan Province from January 2020 to July 2022 were divided into a comparison group and a study group of 60 patients each according to the order of admission. The comparison group received conventional pharmacological interventions and the study group implemented conventional pharmacological and electroconvulsive modulation therapy to compare the neurotransmitter power, neuropsychological assessment, and efficacy evaluation between the two groups. Results • Before treatment, there was no statistically significant difference in neurotransmitter power between the two groups (P > .05); 30 min after treatment, GABA, Glu, 5-HT, Ach, NE, and DA were elevated in both groups and were higher in the study group than in the comparison group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < .05). Before treatment, there was no statistically significant difference in the neuropsychological measurements between the two groups (P > .05). Clinical efficacy evaluation after treatment revealed that the clinical efficacy rate of patients in the study group was 95.00% significantly higher than that of the comparison group, which was 83.33%, and the comparative difference was statistically significant (P < .05). Conclusion • Electroconvulsive therapy was found to significantly improve neuropsychological assessment and clinical outcomes in patients with psychiatric disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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