Functional Connectivity of Pain-Mediated Affect Regulation in Borderline Personality Disorder

Affective instability and self-injurious behavior are important features of Borderline Personality Disorder. Whereas affective instability may be caused by a pattern of limbic hyperreactivity paired with dysfunctional prefrontal regulation mechanisms, painful stimulation was found to reduce affectiv...

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Main Authors: Niedtfeld, Inga, Kirsch, Peter, Schulze, Lars, Herpertz, Sabine C., Bohus, Martin, Schmahl, Christian
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299768/