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Psychiatry Treatment in psychiatry 68a16522

Which of the following increases on Electroconvulsive therapy

A
5-hydroxy-indole-acetic acid
B
Dopamine
C
Serotonin
D
Brain derived neurotrophic factor
High-Yield Explanation
Various change of neurotransmitters happen due to giving of ECT , one of the main change is the level of serotonin, dopamine and nor adrenaline. But in recent advances in functional imaging one of the most researched and evidence base if for the recent advances in neurobiology of electro convulsive therapy that too in the change of BDNF in the brain that is said to be responsibe for reduction of suicidal ideas in depressed patients. Ref.Kaplon and sadock, synopsis of psychiatry, 11 th edition, pg no. 1066

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