A morphometric study of glia and neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex in mood disorder

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 328-332

  Gittins, Rebecca A ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoarchitecture; Depression; Morphometry; Neuropathology; Post mortem

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 80051623330     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.03.042     Document Type: Article

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