Bipolar Disorders Clinic

Terence Ketter

Publication Details

  • Anterior paralimbic mediation of procaine-induced emotional and psychosensory experiences.

    Ketter TA, Andreason PJ, George MS, Lee C, Gill DS, Parekh PI, Willis MW, Herscovitch P, Post RM. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1996; 53 (1): 59-69

    Procaine activates limbic structures in animals. In humans, acute intravenous administration of procaine yields emotional and psychosensory experiences and temporal lobe fast activity. We studied procaine's acute effects on cerebral blood flow (CBF) in relationship to clinical responses.

    PubMedID: 8540778

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