Volumes of association thalamic nuclei in schizophrenia: A postmortem study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 141-155

  Danos, Peter ^a   Baumann, Bruno ^a   Krämer, Andrea ^a   Bernstein, Hans Gert ^a   Stauch, Renate ^a   Krell, Dieter ^a   Falkai, Peter ^b   Bogerts, Bernhard ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical; Medial pulvinar; Mediodorsal; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037393539     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(02)00307-9     Document Type: Article

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