Neurophysiological Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-318

  Barnow, Sven ^a   Völker, Kathleen A ^b   Möller, Bertram ^b   Freyberger, Harald J ^b   Spitzer, Carsten ^b   Grabe, Hans J ^b   Daskalakis, Zafiris J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; borderline personality disorder; GABA; impulsive control; inhibition; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349095734     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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