A woman with Friedreich's ataxia, a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder affecting primarily the spinal cord and cerebellum, had intractable depression in the context of bipolar disorder. Electroconvulsive therapy resulted in substantial improvement of depressive symptoms while not adversely affecting the patient's neurologic status.
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