Reduced dendritic spine density on cerebral cortical pyramidal neurons in schizophrenia

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 446-453

  Garey, L J ^a   Ong, W Y ^b   Patel, T S ^a   Kanani, M ^a   Davis, A ^a   Mortimer, A M ^c   Barnes, T R E ^a   Hirsch, S R ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Dendritic spines; Glutamate; Pyramidal neurons; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GOLGI STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0031758376     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.4.446     Document Type: Article

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