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MRI Imaging in Borderline Personality Disorder

NCT00275288 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2010-11-02

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Summary

MRI Study for females ages 18-45 with Borderline Personality Disorder(BPD): This study is a non-treatment study that involves 2 visits. Study Hypothesis:

1. To refine and pilot test functional neuroimaging paradigms to assess the amygdala response to neutral facial expressions across positive and negative emotional contexts.
2. To assess whether patients with borderline personality disorder show a heightened amygdala response to neutral facial expressions relative to healthy controls (20 female healthy controls, 20 females with borderline personality disorder).
3. To assess the relationship between individual differences in clinical ratings of personality and affective regulation, and the amygdala response to facial expressions.

Conditions

  • Borderline Personality Disorder

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kathleen M Thomas, PhD · Asst Professor, Institute of Child Development

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Completion
2007-06-30

Countries

  • United States

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