Enhanced emotion-induced amnesia in borderline personality disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 971-981

  Hurlemann, René ^a   Hawellek, Barbara ^a   Maier, Wolfgang ^a   Dolan, Raymond J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROMODULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROGRADE AMNESIA;

ADULT; AMNESIA; AMYGDALA; AROUSAL; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL;

EID: 34347233108     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291706009792     Document Type: Article

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