The pathomorphology of schizophrenia and mood disorders: Similarities and differences

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-148

  Baumann, Bruno ^a   Bogerts, Bernhard ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Mood disorder; MRI; Pathomorphology; Schizophrenia; Structural abnormality

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BASAL GANGLIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0032879394     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00113-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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