Psychiatry Research
Volume 133, Issue 1 , Pages 1-12 , 30 January 2005

Mean cell spacing abnormalities in the neocortex of patients with schizophrenia

  • Manuel F. Casanova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville, 500 South Preston Street, A Building, Room 217, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 502 852 4077; fax: +1 502 852 4078.
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  • Leonie de Zeeuw

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Division of Cellular Neuroscience, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Andrew Switala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville, 500 South Preston Street, A Building, Room 217, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
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  • Pawel Kreczmanski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Division of Cellular Neuroscience, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Neuroembryonic Research Laboratory, Department of Anatomy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
    • Department of Anatomy, Center of Biostructure, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
    • European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Hubert Korr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
    • European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Norbert Ulfig

      Affiliations

    • Neuroembryonic Research Laboratory, Department of Anatomy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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  • Helmut Heinsen

      Affiliations

    • Morphological Brain Research Unit, University of Wüerzburg, Wüerzburg, Germany
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  • Harry W.M. Steinbusch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Division of Cellular Neuroscience, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Christoph Schmitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Division of Cellular Neuroscience, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Neuroembryonic Research Laboratory, Department of Anatomy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
    • European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 20 September 2004 ,Revised 18 November 2004 ,Accepted 19 November 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.11.004

Psychiatry Research
Volume 133, Issue 1 , Pages 1-12 , 30 January 2005

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