No change in neuron numbers in the dentate nucleus of patients with schizophrenia estimated with a new stereological method - The smooth fractionator

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 313-321

  Andersen, Birgitte Bo ^a   Fabricius, K ^a   Gundersen, H J G ^b   Jelsing, J ^a   Stark, A K ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Human; Quantification; Stereology; Total neuron number

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 6444223392     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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