Stereological 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 from the brains of 13 male patients with schizophrenia and 13 age-matched male controls.
If you plan to use this data for a publication, please inform us about it and don’t forget to cite the source of the data.
Each row in the table represents one individual hemisphere. The table contains the following columns:
Column | Description | Unit |
---|---|---|
subject |
Subject ID | |
code |
Subject code | |
excl |
see below* | |
excl_cgm |
see below* | |
diagnosis |
Control: 0 , Patient: 1 |
|
hemisphere |
Left or right hemisphere | |
age |
Age of subject | years |
pmi |
Post-mortem interval | hours |
fix |
Fixation time | days |
cgm_vol |
Volume of whole CGM | cm3 |
cgm_nn |
Total neuron number in whole CGM | x109 |
cgm_nd |
Total neuron density in whole CGM | x106 / cm3 |
area24_vol |
Volume of whole area 24 | cm3 |
area24_nn |
Total neuron number in whole area 24 | x106 |
area24_nd |
Total neuron density in whole area 24 | x106 / cm3 |
area24layer5_vol |
Volume of layer V of area 24 | cm3 |
area24layer5_nn |
Total neuron number in layer V of area 24 | x106 |
area24layer5_nd |
Total neuron density in layer V of area 24 | x106 / cm3 |
ven_number |
VEN number in layer V of area 24 | x103 |
ven_density |
VEN density in layer V of area 24 | 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 (cgm_vol
, cgm_nn
, cgm_nd
) due to missing sections.
CGM: cortical gray matter; VEN: von Economo neuron