The neurobiological basis of adolescent-onset borderline personality disorder

Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 212-219

  Marianne Goodman, M ^a   Mascitelli, Kathryn ^a   Triebwasser, Joseph ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Borderline personality disorder; Neurobiology; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; ENDOPHENOTYPE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; ORBITAL FRONTAL CORTEX; SCREENING TEST; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 1 GENE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2 GENE; VOLUMETRY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84881564295     PISSN: 17198429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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