Fronto-limbic dysfunction in response to facial emotion in borderline personality disorder: An event-related fMRI study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-243

  Minzenberg, Michael J ^a,b,c   Fan, Jin ^a   New, Antonia S ^a   Tang, Cheuk Y ^a   Siever, Larry J ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anger; Anterior cingulate cortex; Fear; Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIES; FEAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENDER; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STIMULUS;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANGER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34447285031     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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