The following resources on personality disorders focus specifically on structural neuroimaging research published since 1997. This portion of the bibliography was compiled by the former Personality Disorders Foundation.
Neuroimaging - Structural
Bassarath L. Neuroimaging studies of antisocial behaviour. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2001 Oct;46(8):728-32.
Buchsbaum MS, Yang S, Hazlett E, et al. Ventricular volume and asymmetry in schizotypal personality disorder and schizophrenia assessed with magnetic resonance imaging. Schizophrenia Research. 1997 Oct 17;27(l):45-53.
Byne W, Buchsbaum MS, Kemether E, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of the thalamic mediodorsal nucleus and pulvinar in schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2001 Feb;58(2):133-40.
Canli T, & Amin Z. Neuroimaging of emotion and personality: Scientific evidence and ethical considerations. Brain and Cognition. 2002 Dec:50(3):414-31. Review.
Dickey CC, McCarley RW, & Shenton ME. The brain in schizotypal personality disorder: A review of structural MRI and CT findings. Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 2002 Jan-Feb;10(1):1-15.
Dickey CC, McCarley RW, Voglmaier MM, Niznikiewicz MA, et al. An MRI study of superior temporal gyrus volume in women with schizotypal personality disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2003 Dec;160(12):2198-201.
Dolan M. What neuroimaging tells us about psychopathic disorders. Hospital Medicine. 2002 Jun;63(6):337-40.
Downhill JE Jr, Buchsbaum MS, Hazlett EA, et al. Temporal lobe volume determined by magnetic resonance imaging in schizotypal personality disorder and schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 2001 Mar 30;48(2-3):187-99.
Downhill JE Jr, Buchsbaum MS, Wei T, et al. Shape and size of the corpus callosum in schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder. Schizophrenia Research. 2000 May 5;42(3):193-208.
Driessen M, Herrmann J, Stahl K, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging volumes of the hippocampus and the amygdala in women with borderline personality disorder and early traumatization. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2000 Dec;57(12):1115-22.
Johnson PA, Hurley RA, Benkelfat C, Herpertz SC, & Taber KH. Understanding emotion regulation in borderline personality disorder: Contributions of neuroimaging. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 2003 Fall;15(4):397-402. Review.
Irle E, Exner C, Thielen K, et al. Obsessive-compulsive disorder and ventromedial frontal lesions: Clinical and neuropsychological findings. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1998 Feb;155(2):255-63.
Kwon JS, Shenton ME, Hirayasu Y, et al. MRI study of cavum septi pellucidi in schizophrenia, affective disorder, and schizotypal personality disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1998 Apr;155(4):509-15.
Raine A, Lencz T, Bihrle S, et al. Reduced prefrontal gray matter volume and reduced autonomic activity in antisocial personality disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2000 Feb;57(2):119-27; discussion 128-9.
Schmahl CG, Vermetten E, Elzinga BM, & Bremner JD. Magnetic resonance imaging of hippocampal and amygdala volume in women with childhood abuse and borderline personality disorder. Psychiatry Research. 2003 Apr 1;122(3):193-8.
Shihabuddin L, Buchsbaum MS, Hazlett EA, et al. Striatal size and relative glucose metabolic rate in schizotypal personality disorder and schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2001 Sep;58(9):877-84.
Takahashi T, Suzuki M, Kawasaki Y, et al. Volumetric magnetic resonance imaging study of the anterior cingulate gyrus in schizotypal disorder. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 2002 Dec;252(6):268-77.
This page was last reviewed by Dr Greg Mulhauser, Thursday, 14 October 2021.