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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 233-236 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging |
Volume | 181 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 30 2010 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Psychiatry and Mental health