A postmortem study of the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 157-166

  Cullen, T J ^a,c   Walker, M A ^a   Parkinson, N ^a   Craven, R ^a   Crow, T J ^a,b   Esiri, M M ^a   Harrison, P J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laterality; Morphometry; Neuropathology; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037395090     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(02)00297-9     Document Type: Article

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