Amygdala and anterior cingulate resting-state functional connectivity in borderline personality disorder patients with a history of interpersonal trauma

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2889-2901

  Krause Utz, A ^a,b   Veer, I M ^c,d   Rombouts, S A R B ^d,e   Bohus, M ^a,b   Schmahl, C ^a,b   Elzinga, B M ^d  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amygdala; anterior cingulate cortex; borderline personality disorder; dissociation; functional connectivity; resting state functional MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET;

EID: 84924521069     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714000324     Document Type: Article

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