Impaired prefrontal inhibition in schizophrenia: Relevance for cognitive dysfunction

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 501-505

  Volk, David W ^a   Lewis, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; GABAA receptor; GAT 1; Glutamate decarboxylase; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Major depression; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0036955770     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00936-8     Document Type: Article

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