Analysis of the ratio of calretinin-expressing interneurons and pyramidal neurons in the hippocampus of patients with schizophrenia

Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-146

  Porebski, Andreas ^a   Buslei, Rolf ^a   Bayer, Thomas A ^a   Vogeley, Kai ^a   Bogerts, Bernhard ^b   Majtenyi, Catherine ^c   Honer, William G ^d   Falkai, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c National Institute for Nervous and Mental Diseases   (Hungary)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Calretinin; Hippocampus; Immunohistochemistry; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; PARVALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0033510174     PISSN: 09419500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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