Number of striatal D-neurons is reduced in autopsy brains of schizophrenics

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Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Ikemoto, Keiko ^a,b,c   Nishimura, Akiyoshi ^d   Oda, Tatsuro ^e   Nagatsu, Ikuko ^b   Nishi, Katsuji ^c  

^a National Hospital Organization Hanamaki Hospital   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e National Hospital Organization Shimofusa Psychiatric Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatic L amino acid decarboxylase; D neuron; Immunohistochemistry; Nucleus accumbens; Schizophrenia; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; CATECHOLAMINE; MONOAMINE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AUTOPSY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOGENESIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRIATE CORTEX;

EID: 0038416014     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00117-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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