Amygdalar volume in borderline personality disorder with and without comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 70-75

  de Almeida, Claudia P ^a   Wenzel, Amy ^b   de Carvalho, Camila S ^a   Powell, Vania B ^a   Araújo Neto, César ^a   Quarantini, Lucas C ^a   de Oliveira, Irismar R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala, meta analysis; Borderline personality disorder; Magnetic resonance imaging; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN SIZE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AMYGDALA; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84869228418     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852912000466     Document Type: Review

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