Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 1 , Pages 73-76 , 30 April 2010

Superior temporal gyrus volume in teenagers with first-presentation borderline personality disorder

  • Tsutomu Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, The University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, c/o National Neuroscience Facility, 161 Barry Street, Carlton South, Victoria 3053, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 8344 1800; fax: +61 3 9348 0469.
    • ,
  • Andrew M. Chanen

      Affiliations

    • Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • Orygen Youth Health Clinical Program, Northwestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Stephen J. Wood

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Yasuhiro Kawasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, The University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Patrick D. McGorry

      Affiliations

    • Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • Orygen Youth Health Clinical Program, Northwestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Michio Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, The University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Dennis Velakoulis

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

Received 19 June 2009 ,Revised 27 October 2009 ,Accepted 29 October 2009.

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PII: S0925-4927(09)00247-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.10.014

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 1 , Pages 73-76 , 30 April 2010

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