Astrocyte decrease in the subgenual cingulate and callosal genu in schizophrenia

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-52

  Williams, Matthew Roy ^a   Hampton, Thomas ^a   Pearce, Ronald K B ^a   Hirsch, Steven Richard ^a   Ansorge, Olaf ^b   Thom, Maria ^c   Maier, Michael ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cingulate; Neuropathology; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

HEMATOXYLIN;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTROCYTES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CELL COUNT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873291607     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-012-0328-5     Document Type: Article

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