Reduced pyramidal cell somal volume in auditory association cortex of subjects with schizophrenia

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 599-609

  Sweet, Robert A ^a   Pierri, Joseph N ^a   Auh, Sungyoung ^b   Sampson, Allan R ^b   Lewis, David A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Neuron volume; Pyramidalcells; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0037676144     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300120     Document Type: Article

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