Ultrastructural alterations in hippocampal mossy fiber synapses in schizophrenia: A postmortem morphometric study

Synapse

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-55

  Kolomeets, Natalya S ^a   Orlovskaya, Diana D ^a   Rachmanova, Valentina I ^a   Uranova, Natalya A ^a  

^a MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Morphometry; Mossy fiber synapses; Schizophrenia; Spines; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPSE;

AGED; AGING; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 19944397113     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20153     Document Type: Article

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