Altered Distribution of Nicotinamide-Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate—Diaphorase Cells in Frontal Lobe of Schizophrenics Implies Disturbances of Cortical Development

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 169-177

  Akbarian, Schahram ^a   Bunney, William E ^a   Potkin, Steven G ^a   Wigal, Sharon B ^a   Hagman, Jennifer O ^a   Sandman, Curt A ^a   Jones, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AUTOLYSIS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027394523     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1993.01820150007001     Document Type: Article

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