Display Settings:

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination
We are sorry, but NCBI web applications do not support your browser and may not function properly. More information
    Psychiatry Res. 2010 Mar 30;181(3):233-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.12.001. Epub 2010 Feb 12.

    Medial prefrontal cortex hyperactivation during social exclusion in borderline personality disorder.

    Source

    Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States. anthony.ruocco@gmail.com

    Abstract

    Frontal systems dysfunction and abandonment fears represent central features of borderline personality disorder (BPD). BPD subjects (n=10) and matched non-psychiatric comparison subjects (n=10) completed a social-cognitive task with two confederates instructed to either include or exclude subjects from a circumscribed interaction. Evoked cerebral blood oxygenation in frontal cortex was measured using 16-channel functional near infrared spectroscopy. BPD subjects showed left medial prefrontal cortex hyperactivation during social exclusion suggesting potential dysfunction of frontolimbic circuitry.

    Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

    PMID:
    20153143
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

      Supplemental Content

      Icon for Elsevier Science

      Save items

      Recent activity

      Your browsing activity is empty.

      Activity recording is turned off.

      Turn recording back on

      See more...
      Write to the Help Desk