Uniform abnormalities in the hippocampus of five chronic schizophrenic men compared with age-matched controls

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-64

  Luts, A ^a   Jonsson S A T ^a   Guldberg Kjaer, N ^a   Brun, A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid exposure; Hippocampus; Pyramidal cell; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GLIOSIS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0031865504     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10043.x     Document Type: Article

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