The spectrum of borderline personality disorder: A neurophysiological view

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-46

  Stone, Michael H ^a  

^a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit disorder; Bipolar disorder; Borderline personality disorder; Frontolimbic circuitry; MRI; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; PROTIRELIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN SIZE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DSM-IV; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTIPLE PERSONALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84922064536     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2014_308     Document Type: Article

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