Increased neuronal cell number in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus in schizophrenia

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-34

  Axer, Hubertus ^a   Bernstein, Hans Gert ^b   Keiner, Silke ^a   Heronimus, Polina ^b   Sauer, Heinrich ^a   Witte, Otto W ^a   Bogerts, Bernhard ^b   Bär, Karl Jürgen ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; Hypoglossal nucleus; Schizophrenia; Stereology; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NISSL STAINING; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOMETRY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 74049156956     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2009.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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