Reduced Purkinje cell size in the cerebellar vermis of elderly patients with schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1288-1290

  Tran, Khoa D ^b   Smutzer, Gregory S ^b   Doty, Richard L ^b   Arnold, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PURKINJE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0031719479     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.9.1288     Document Type: Article

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