Apparent higher brain weight in suicide victims: Possible reasons

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 236-238

  Balažic, Jože ^a   Marušič, Andrej ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SUICIDE;

EID: 0036484538     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.1.236     Document Type: Article

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