Evidence for a decrease in basilar dendrites of pyramidal cells in schizophrenic medial prefrontal cortex

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-81

  Broadbelt, Kevin ^a   Byne, William ^b   Jones, Liesl B ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Golgi; Morphology; Postmortem; Prefrontal cortex; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPSE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; DENDRITES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0036842250     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(02)00201-3     Document Type: Article

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