Total nerve cell number in neocortex in chronic schizophrenics and controls estimated using optical disectors

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 768-772

  Pakkenberg, B ^a  

^a Neurological Research Laboratory Bartholin Instituttet Kommunehospitalet ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain cortex; Cavalieri estimate; neurons; neurostereology; optical disector; total neuron number

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGE; NEURONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027434132     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(93)90065-L     Document Type: Article

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