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A member asked:
What's the difference between electronarcosis and electroconvulsive therapy since both induce unconsciousness lol?
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Quite a lot!: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a treatment for severe depression when nothing else works. An electric current is passed through the brain to cause a brief seizure while the pt is under general anesthesia. Electronarcosis uses a weak electric current to induce unconsciousness--sometimes used by biologists to study or radiotag fish! am not aware of current use in humans.
Answered 9/28/2016
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