ECT as Used in Psychiatry Temporarily Opens the Blood"Brain Barrier: Could This be Used to Better Deliver Chemotherapy for Glioblastoma
Richard E. Kast, Piotr Lewczuk, Marc"Eric Halatsch, Georg Karpel-Massler, Eric L. Altschuler & Tom Bolwig · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2013
Glioblastoma remains a poor"prognosis cancer. We review research showing evanescent opening of the blood"brain barrier, BBB, after electroconvulsive treatment, ECT. ECT as currently used in psychiatry for treatment"resistant depression has been in continuous use throughout the...
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10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4498