Pain sensitivity and neural processing during dissociative states in patients with borderline personality disorder with and without comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder: A pilot study

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-184

  Ludäscher, Petra ^a   Valerius, Gabriele ^a   Stiglmayr, Christian ^b   Mauchnik, Jana ^a   Lanius, Ruth A ^c   Bohus, Martin ^a   Schmahl, Christian ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INSULA; MENTAL DISEASE; NOCICEPTION; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUBICULUM;

EID: 77549086080     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/jpn.090022     Document Type: Article

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