The pathomorphology of schizophrenia and mood disorders: similarities and differences

• Published in: Schizophrenia research Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 141 - 148
• Main Authors: Baumann, Bruno, Bogerts, Bernhard
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 29.09.1999; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Affective Symptoms - pathology; Basal Ganglia - pathology; Biological and medical sciences; Bipolar Disorder - pathology; Brain - pathology; Cerebral Cortex - pathology; Humans; Limbic System - pathology; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Mood disorder; Mood disorders; MRI; Neural Pathways - injuries; Neural Pathways - pathology; Pathomorphology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychoses; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - pathology; Structural abnormality; Mood disorder; Pathomorphology; Schizophrenia; CT; Structural abnormality; MRI; Human; Volumetric analysis; Radiodiagnosis; Postmortem; Central nervous system; Histology; Review; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Psychosis; Morphological analysis; Medical imagery; Computerized axial tomography; Comparative study; Brain (vertebrata)

In this article, post-mortem neurohistological and structural imaging studies of schizophrenia and mood disorders are briefly reviewed. In contrast to the large number of post-mortem studies on schizophrenia published during the last 20 years, very few histological studies of affective disorders are...