Neuronal distribution in the neocortex of schizophrenic patients

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-277

  Casanova, Manuel F ^a   Kreczmanski, Pawel ^b,c   Trippe II, Juan ^a   Switala, Andrew ^a   Heinsen, Helmut ^d   Steinbusch, Harry W M ^b,c   Schmitz, Christoph ^b,c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c European Graduate School of Neuroscience   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell counts; Cerebral cortex; Minicolumns; Neurons; Neuropathology; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

CELL COUNT; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 40149101838     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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