Schizophrenia: Caused by a fault in programmed synaptic elimination during adolescence?

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1982, Pages 319-334

  Feinberg, I ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MATURATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; DOPAMINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLEEP STAGES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0020390010     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-3956(82)90038-3     Document Type: Article

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