POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND PERSONALITY-DISORDERS
POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND PERSONALITY-DISORDERS
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DOI:
10.1038/npp.1994.3
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发表时间:
1994-02-01
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
SCHULZ, SC
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作者:
GOYER, PF;COHEN, RM;SCHULZ, SC
This study used positron-emission tomography to examine cerebral metabolic rates of glucose (CMRG) in 17 patients with DSM III-R diagnoses of personality disorder. Within the group of 17 personality disorder patients, there was a significant inverse correlation between a life history of aggressive impulse difficulties and regional CMRG in the frontal cortex of the transaxial plane approximately 40 mm above the canthomeatal line (CML) (r = - .56, p = 0.17). Diagnostic groups included antisocial (n = 6), borderline (n = 6), dependent (n = 2), and narcissistic (n = 3). Regional CMRG in the six antisocial patients and in the six borderline patients was compared to a control group of 43 subjects using an analysis of covariance with age and sex as covariates. In the borderline personality disorder group, there was a significant decrease in frontal cortex metabolism in the transaxial plane approximately 81 mm above the CML and a significant increase in the transaxial plane approximately 53 mm above the CML (F[1,45] = 8.65, p = .005; and F[1,45] = 7.68, p = .008, respectively).