Hemispheric comparisons of neuron density in the planum temporale of schizophrenia and nonpsychiatric brains

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Smiley, John F ^a,b   Rosoklija, Gorazd ^d,e,f   Mancevski, Branislav ^d,e   Pergolizzi, Denise ^a,b   Figarsky, Khadija ^a   Bleiwas, Cynthia ^a   Duma, Aleksej ^g   Mann, J John ^d   Javitt, Daniel C ^a,c   Dwork, Andrew J ^d,e  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MACEDONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Macedonia)

^g SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Cortex width; Cytoarchitectonic; Hemispheric asymmetry; Neuropathology; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROPIL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79952899549     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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