Size of hippocampal pyramidal neurons in schizophrenia

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 183, Issue NOV., 2003, Pages 414-417

  Highley, J R ^a   Walker, M A ^a   McDonald, B ^a   Crow, T J ^a   Esiri, M M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0242320333     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.183.5.414     Document Type: Article

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