Demonstration of disturbed activity of external globus pallidus projecting neurons in depressed patients by the AgNOR staining method

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 149-155

  Gos, Tomasz ^a,b   Krell, Dieter ^b   Bielau, Hendrik ^b   Steiner, Johann ^b   Trübner, Kurt ^c   Brisch, Ralf ^b   Bernstein, Hans Gert ^b   Jankowski, Zbigniew ^a   Bogerts, Bernhard ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AgNOR staining; Depression; External globus pallidus; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARGYROPHILIC NUCLEOLAR ORGANISER SILVER STAINING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; KARYOMETRY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NERVE CELL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 70349997529     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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