Evidence for structural abnormalities of the human habenular complex in affective disorders but not in schizophrenia

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 557-567

  Ranft, K ^a   Dobrowolny, H ^a   Krell, D ^a   Bielau, H ^b   Bogerts, B ^a   Bernstein, H G ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Walter Friedrich Krankenhaus Olvenstedt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Habenula; Human brain; Morphometry; Neuronal density; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HABENULA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HABENULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NERVE NET; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77952423760     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709990821     Document Type: Article

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