Erythrocyte membrane Na+-K+ ATPase and Ca++ATPase levels were investigated in 11 women treated with ECT for endogenous depression and 11 age-matched normal control subjects. Pretreatment ATPase levels in depressives were significantly lower than in controls, and increased to control levels after a course of ECT. These data are discussed in terms of the physiology of depressive illness and ECT.

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