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Early Career Investigator Commentary| Volume 84, ISSUE 8, e59-e60, October 15, 2018

After Electroconvulsive Therapy, Is a Bigger Hippocampus Always Better?

  • Daphne Voineskos
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    Address correspondence to Daphne Voineskos, B.M.B.S., F.R.C.P.C., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1001 Queen Street W., Unit 4-1, Toronto, Ontario M6J 1H4, Canada.
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    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.07.019
After Electroconvulsive Therapy, Is a Bigger Hippocampus Always Better?
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      Publication history

      Accepted: July 17, 2018
      Received: July 13, 2018

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.07.019

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