Magnetic resonance imaging in patients with borderline personality disorder: A study of volumetric abnormalities

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  O'Neill, Aisling ^a   D'Souza, Arun ^a   Carballedo, Angela ^a   Joseph, Sojo ^a   Kerskens, Christian ^a   Frodl, Thomas ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Hippocampus; Impulsivity; MRI; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEUROIMAGING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84878370595     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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