# Gaus_etal_2021_Neuron_numbers_decreased_in_schizophrenia
Stereologic data accompanying the study:
**Richard Gaus, Melanie Popal, Helmut Heinsen, Andrea Schmitt, Peter Falkai, Patrick R. Hof, Christoph Schmitz, Alisa Vollhardt (2021) Neuron numbers are decreased in the whole cerebral cortex and in layer V of area 24 in schizophrenia**
The repository contains a table (`raw_stereology_data.xlsx`) with clinical characteristics and raw stereological estimates of volume, cell counts, and cell densities in the whole cerebral cortex, whole area 24, and layer V of area 24 in the brains of 13 male patients with schizophrenia and 13 age-matched male controls.
The table contains the following columns:
| Column | Description | Unit |
| -------- | ----------- | -------- |
| `subject` | Text | Text |
Units of estimates are as follows:
* CGM volume (`cgm_vol`): cm3
* CGM neuron number (`cgm_nn`): x109
* CGM neuron density (`cgm_nd`): x106 / cm3
* Area 24 volume (`area24_vol`): cm3
* Area 24 neuron number (`area24_nn`): x106
* Area 24 neuron density (`area24_vol`): x106 / cm3
* Area 24 layer V volume: cm3
* Area 24 layer V neuron number: x106
* Area 24 layer V neuron density: x106 / cm3
* VEN number: x103
* VEN density: x103 / cm3
All hemispheres where columns `excl` / `excl_cgm` carry the value `1` were excluded from the statistical analysis for all outcome variables / only the CGM-related outcome variables due to missing sections.
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