Brain structure and function in borderline personality disorder

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 767-782

  O'Neill, Aisling ^a   Frodl, Thomas ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Borderline personality disorder; FMRI; Hippocampus; Neuroimaging; Neurometabolite; PET; Structural

Indexed keywords

CREATINE PHOSPHATE; CREATININE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AMYGDALA; ASPARTIC ACID; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CREATINE; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84871195773     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0379-4     Document Type: Review

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