Hippocampal Neuron Number in Schizophrenia: A Stereological Study

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 1991, Pages 1002-1008

  Heckers, Stephan ^a,b   Heinsen, Helmut ^a   Geiger, Birgit ^a   Beckmann, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEURONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025885689     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1991.01810350042006     Document Type: Article

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