electrosleep

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Noun1.electrosleep - unconsciousness brought about by the passage of a low voltage electric current through the brain
unconsciousness - a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
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Intracerebral current levels in man during electrosleep therapy.
Preliminary observations on electrosleep. Arch Phys Med Rehabil.
Ineffectiveness of electrosleep in chronic primary insomnia.
It was then called "electrosleep," and was thought to be of benefit in inducing sleep in anxious and distressed patients so that their body could properly heal itself of any number of presenting symptoms.
"Changes in the functional state of the central nervous system under the influence of a pulse current as used in electrosleep." In Wageneder FM and St.
"Electrosleep versus electroconvulsive therapy." In: Reynolds DV, Sjoberg AE, editors.
"The treatment of insomnia through use of electrosleep: an BEG study." J Nerv Ment Dis, 1973; 157:108-120.
Transcranial electrotherapy (TCET), neuroelectric therapy (NET), alpha sleep, electroanalgesia, electronarcosis and the original electrosleep just a few of the more common terms that have referred to the same therapy.
European countries called them electrosleep devices, since the current level was basically a dramatic reduction of that used in electroanesthesia, which in turn was a dramatic reduction in the current used in electroshock.
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