Reduced amygdala and hippocampus size in trauma-exposed women with borderline personality disorder and without posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 383-388

  Weniger, Godehard ^a   Lange, Claudia ^b   Sachsse, Ulrich ^c   Irle, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Asklepios Psychiatric Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350513272     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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