Neuroimaging and genetics of borderline personality disorder: A review

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 162-173

  Lis, Eric ^a   Greenfield, Brian ^a,b   Henry, Melissa ^a   Guilé, Jean Marc ^c   Dougherty, Geoffrey ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Genetics; Personality disorder

Indexed keywords

BORDERLINE STATE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 34250216308     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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