Structural brain abnormalities and suicidal behavior in borderline personality disorder

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 516-525

  Soloff, Paul H ^a   Pruitt, Patrick ^b   Sharma, Mohit ^b   Radwan, Jacqueline ^b   White, Richard ^b   Diwadkar, Vaibhav A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Fronto limbic network; High lethality; Imaging; Suicidal behavior; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GENDER; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LETHALITY; LINGUAL GYRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL GYRUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858282216     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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