Glia pathology in the prefrontal cortex in alcohol dependence with and without depressive symptoms

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1121-1133

  Miguel Hidalgo, José Javier ^a   Wei, Jinrong ^a   Andrew, Michael ^a   Overholser, James C ^b   Jurjus, George ^b   Stockmeier, Craig A ^a   Rajkowska, Grazyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Comorbidity; Immunohistochemistry; Morphometry; Neuropathology; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; BUMETANIDE; BUSPIRONE; CAPTOPRIL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; ENALAPRIL; FAMOTIDINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE; FOSINOPRIL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IMIPRAMINE; ISOSORBIDE; LEVONORGESTREL; LORAZEPAM; MAXITROL; METRONIDAZOLE; NAPROXEN; PAROXETINE; SALBUTAMOL; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0037114967     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01439-7     Document Type: Article

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