Postmortem studies of the hippocampal formation in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-402

  Dwork, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CADAVER; CELL DENSITY; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHESIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030882138     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/23.3.385     Document Type: Review

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