The hippocampus in schizophrenia: Lateralized increase in neuronal density and altered cytoarchitectural asymmetry

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 703-713

  Zaidel, D W ^a   Esiri, M M ^b   Harrison, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CELL; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBICULUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030962980     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796004618     Document Type: Article

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