Higher gamma-aminobutyric acid neuron density in the white matter of orbital frontal cortex in schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 725-733

  Joshi, Dipesh ^a,b,c   Fung, Samantha J ^a,b,c   Rothwell, Alice ^a,b   Weickert, Cynthia Shannon ^a,b,c  

^a SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dlx1; GAD65 67; interneuron; interstitial white matter neuron; NeuN; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DLX1 PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WHITE MATTER;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84867081926     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.06.021     Document Type: Article

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