[Morphologic characteristics of the pituitary-adrenal system in schizophrenia (according to early autopsy findings)].

Abstract

The presented data are concerned with the morphology of the hypophysis (neurohypophysis, intermittent lobe and adenohypophysis) and cortical layer of the adrenals in 30 schizophrenic patients with different forms of the disease, duration and causes of lethal outcomes. The studied material was taken during the first 6 hours following death. The author gives an assessment of the functions in separate glands (different variants in the morphological picture) and the hypophysis adrenal system in general. In 60% of the cases there was a sufficient activity of the studied glands (including cases where the morphology of the glands was close to normal conditions, increased activity and exhaustion after an increased functional tension).