Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 171, Issue 2 , Pages 94-105 , 28 February 2009

Neural correlates of episodic and semantic memory retrieval in borderline personality disorder: An fMRI study

  • Christoph Mensebach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bethel, Ev. Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
    • University of Bielefeld, Department of Psychology, Bielefeld, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bethel, Ev. Hospital Bielefeld, Remterweg 69-71, D-33617 Bielefeld, Germany. Tel.: +49 521 772 78521; fax: +49 521 772 78511.
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  • Thomas Beblo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bethel, Ev. Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
    • University of Bielefeld, Department of Psychology, Bielefeld, Germany
    • ,
  • Martin Driessen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bethel, Ev. Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
    • University of Bielefeld, Department of Psychology, Bielefeld, Germany
    • University Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Germany
    • ,
  • Katja Wingenfeld

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bethel, Ev. Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
    • ,
  • Markus Mertens

      Affiliations

    • MRI Unit, Mara Hospital, Bethel Epilepsy Center, Ev. Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
    • ,
  • Nina Rullkoetter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bethel, Ev. Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
    • University of Bielefeld, Department of Psychology, Bielefeld, Germany
    • ,
  • Wolfgang Lange

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bethel, Ev. Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
    • ,
  • Hans J. Markowitsch

      Affiliations

    • University of Bielefeld, Department of Psychology, Bielefeld, Germany
    • ,
  • Isabella Ollech

      Affiliations

    • MRI Unit, Mara Hospital, Bethel Epilepsy Center, Ev. Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
    • ,
  • Anamaria Silva Saveedra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bethel, Ev. Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
    • University of Bielefeld, Department of Psychology, Bielefeld, Germany
    • ,
  • Harald Rau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bethel, Ev. Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
    • ,
  • Friedrich G. Woermann

      Affiliations

    • MRI Unit, Mara Hospital, Bethel Epilepsy Center, Ev. Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

Received 1 February 2006 ,Revised 24 April 2007 ,Accepted 18 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.02.006

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Volume 171, Issue 2 , Pages 94-105 , 28 February 2009

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