Fiber content of the fornix in schizophrenia: Lack of evidence for a primary limbic encephalopathy

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1720-1724

  Chance, Steven A ^a   Highley, J Robin ^b   Esiri, Margaret M ^b   Crow, Timothy J ^b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN FORNIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AXONS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FORNIX (BRAIN); FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032745860     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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