The human striatum in schizophrenia. II. Increased number of striatal neurons in schizophrenics

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 99-109

  Beckmann, Helmut ^a   Lauer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

apoptosis; basal ganglia; caudate; optical dissector; postmortem; putamen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0031557099     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(96)02947-2     Document Type: Article

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