Stereological studies of capillary length density in the frontal cortex of schizophrenics

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 510-518

  Kreczmanski, Pawel ^a,b   Schmidt Kastner, Rainald ^c   Heinsen, Helmut ^d   Steinbusch, Harry W M ^a,b   Hof, Patrick R ^e   Schmitz, Christoph ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b European Graduate School of Neuroscience   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical gray matter; Cortical thickness; Microvasculature; Schizophrenia; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOMETRY; THICKNESS;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 21344472611     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-005-1003-y     Document Type: Article

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