Morphometrical Investigations on Lamina-V-Pyramidal-Neurons in the Frontal Cortex of a Case with Anorexia Nervosa

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 269-280

  Schönheit, Bärbel ^a,b   Meyer, Ursula ^a   Kuchinke, Jörg ^a   Schulz, Eveline ^a   Neumärker, Klaus Jürgen ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Brain cortex; Morphometry; Pyramidal neurons

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 0030533395     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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