The human striatum in schizophrenia. I. Increase in overall relative striatal volume in schizophrenics

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 87-98

  Lauer, Martin ^a   Beckmann, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

basal ganglia; caudate; morphometry; postmortem; putamen; stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0031557105     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(96)02946-0     Document Type: Article

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