A type of somatic treatment in which the electrical current is applied to the brain through electrodes placed on the temples. A grand mal seizure produces the desired effect. This is used with severely depressed patient's refractory to antidepressant medications
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In the respiratory membrane, the compensation activity that takes is the elimination of CO₂ to adjust bicarbonate to carbonic acid it to its normal ratio of 20 : 1 by increase respiratory rate.
