Ugo Cerletti
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 61 years ago |
Date of birth | September 26,1877 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Conegliano |
Italy | |
Date of died | July 25,1963 |
Died | Rome |
Italy | |
Fields | Neurology |
Neuropsychiatry | |
Institutions | Sapienza University of Rome |
University of Genoa | |
Parents | Giovanni Battista Cerletti |
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ID | 912294 |
Ugo Cerletti Life story
Ugo Cerletti was an Italian neurologist who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy used in psychiatry. Electroconvulsive therapy is a therapy in which electric current is used to provoke a seizure for a short duration.