Pathology of Layer V Pyramidal Neurons in the Prefrontal Cortex of Patients with Schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 742-744

  Black, James E ^b   Kodish, Ian M ^b   Grossman, Aaron W ^b   Klintsova, Anna Y ^b   Orlovskaya, Diana ^b   Vostrikov, Victor ^b   Uranova, Natalya ^b   Greenough, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENDRITES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 1842428190     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.4.742     Document Type: Article

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