Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 155-160 , 15 May 2009

Anterior cingulate volume in adolescents with first-presentation borderline personality disorder

  • Sarah Whittle

      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
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  • Andrew M. Chanen

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, 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
    • ,
  • 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
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, National Neuroscience Facility, 161 Barry Street (Level 3), Carlton South, 3053, Vic, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 8344 1877; fax: +61 3 9348 0469.

Received 15 May 2008 ,Revised 19 December 2008 ,Accepted 19 December 2008.

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PII: S0925-4927(08)00204-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.12.004

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 155-160 , 15 May 2009

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