Stereologic analysis of the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus in normal and schizophrenic subjects

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Selemon, Lynn D ^a   Begovic ́, Anita ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Human; Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Postmortem; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NISSL STAINING; PARVOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOMETRY; THALAMUS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247350053     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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