Amygdala Functional Connectivity in Young Women with Borderline Personality Disorder

Brain Connectivity

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-71

  Cullen, Kathryn R ^a   Vizueta, Nathalie ^b   Thomas, Kathleen M ^c   Han, Georges J ^a   Lim, Kelvin O ^a   Camchong, Jazmin ^a,c   Mueller, Bryon A ^a   Bell, Christopher H ^a   Heller, Monika D ^a   Schulz, S Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; borderline personality disorder; functional connectivity; functional neuroimaging; masked fear; overt fear

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871314087     PISSN: 21580014     EISSN: 21580022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/brain.2010.0001     Document Type: Article

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