Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 2 , Pages 116-125 , 15 July 2008

Orbitofrontal, amygdala and hippocampal volumes in teenagers with first-presentation borderline personality disorder

  • Andrew M. Chanen

      Affiliations

    • ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • ORYGEN Youth Health, Northwestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. ORYGEN Research Centre, Locked Bag 10, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052. Tel.: +61 3 9342 2800; fax: +61 3 9387 3003.
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  • Dennis Velakoulis

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Kate Carison

      Affiliations

    • ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Karen Gaunson

      Affiliations

    • ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Stephen J. Wood

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • Brain Research Institute, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Hok Pan Yuen

      Affiliations

    • ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Murat Yücel

      Affiliations

    • ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Henry J. Jackson

      Affiliations

    • ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • School of Behavioural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Patrick D. McGorry

      Affiliations

    • ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • ORYGEN Youth Health, Northwestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Christos Pantelis

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia

Received 13 April 2007 ,Revised 3 July 2007 ,Accepted 26 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.08.007

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 2 , Pages 116-125 , 15 July 2008

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