Reduced hippocampal N-acetylaspartate without volume loss in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-223

  Deicken, Raymond F ^a,b   Pegues, Mary ^a   Amend, Diane ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Hippocampus; Limbic system; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; N acetylaspartate; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; CELL DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033594897     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(98)00173-X     Document Type: Article

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