Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 157-170 , 28 February 2007

Hippocampal volume reduction and history of aggressive behaviour in patients with borderline personality disorder

  • Thomas Zetzsche

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Nussbaumstrasse 7, D-80336 Munich Germany
    • ,
  • Ulrich W. Preuss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Nussbaumstrasse 7, D-80336 Munich Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas Frodl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Nussbaumstrasse 7, D-80336 Munich Germany
    • ,
  • Gisela Schmitt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Nussbaumstrasse 7, D-80336 Munich Germany
    • ,
  • Doerthe Seifert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Nussbaumstrasse 7, D-80336 Munich Germany
    • ,
  • Elmar Münchhausen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Nussbaumstrasse 7, D-80336 Munich Germany
    • ,
  • Shahram Tabrizi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Nussbaumstrasse 7, D-80336 Munich Germany
    • ,
  • Gerda Leinsinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Christine Born

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Maximilian Reiser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Hans-Jürgen Möller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Nussbaumstrasse 7, D-80336 Munich Germany
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  • Eva M. Meisenzahl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Nussbaumstrasse 7, D-80336 Munich Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 89 5160 5772; fax: +49 89 5160 5857.

Received 13 April 2005 ,Revised 26 April 2006 ,Accepted 1 May 2006.

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