Chandelier cells: Shedding light on altered cortical circuitry in schizophrenia

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 468-471

  Lewis, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032200702     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000469     Document Type: Article

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