No evidence for selective GABAergic interneuron deficits in the anterior thalamic complex of patients with schizophrenia

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1045-1051

  Dixon, Gavin ^a,b,c   Harper, Clive G ^b  

^a Neurosci Inst Schizophrenia A   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Episodic; GAD; Inhibitory; Limbic; Memory; Papez

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; OBSERVATION; PHENOTYPE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; CELL COUNT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 4544380517     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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