Schizophrenia Research
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 75-81 , 1 November 2002

Evidence for a decrease in basilar dendrites of pyramidal cells in schizophrenic medial prefrontal cortex

  • Kevin Broadbelt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard, Bronx, New York, NY 10468, USA
    • ,
  • William Byne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Liesl B Jones

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-718-960-8091; fax: +1-718-960-8236
    • Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard, Bronx, New York, NY 10468, USA

Received 28 August 2001 ,Revised 17 January 2002 ,Accepted 22 January 2002.

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Schizophrenia Research
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 75-81 , 1 November 2002

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