Cerebellar vermis area in schizophrenic patients - A post-mortem study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-28

  Supprian, Tillmann ^a   Ulmar, Gerd ^b   Bauer, Manfred ^b   Schüler, Michael ^c   Püschel, Klaus ^d   Retz Junginger, Petra ^a   Schmitt, Horst Peter ^e   Heinsen, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PZN Heidelberger Strasse 1a 69168   (Germany)

^c State Hospital of Psychiatry   (Germany)

^d Institute of Legal Medicine   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Cerebellum; Post mortem; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033994926     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00103-6     Document Type: Article

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