Somal size of prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons in schizophrenia: Differential effects across neuronal subpopulations

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-120

  Pierri, Joseph N ^a   Volk, Christine L E ^a   Auh, Sungyoung ^b   Sampson, Allan ^b   Lewis, David A ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurofilament protein; Postmortem; Prefrontal cortex; Pyramidal neurons; Schizophrenia; Somal size

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NISSL STAINING; PERIKARYON; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0037771074     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(03)00294-4     Document Type: Article

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