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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • Borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms often emerge in adolescence.
  • The relationship between BPD symptoms and developing brain networks is poorly understood.
  • Investigating functional connectivity in relation to borderline personality traits is crucial for early intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how multivariate functional connectivity patterns correlate with borderline personality traits.
  • To analyze these associations in large cohorts of adolescents and young adults.
  • To understand the developmental trajectory of these neural patterns.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from the Human Connectome Project Young Adult (HCP-YA) and Human Connectome Project Development (HCP-D) datasets.
  • Employed a ridge regression model trained on HCP-YA data to predict BPD proxy scores from regional functional connectivity.
  • Validated the predictive model on independent HCP-D data and examined alignment with age-related connectivity changes.

Main Results:

  • Multivariate functional connectivity patterns significantly predicted borderline personality scores in both young adults and adolescents.
  • Predictive capacity varied regionally, with key regions identified in emotion regulation and executive function networks, including the ventral attention network.
  • Functional connectivity patterns associated with BPD traits mirrored those observed during typical youth development.

Conclusions:

  • Individual differences in functional connectivity within developmentally sensitive brain regions are associated with borderline personality traits.
  • These findings highlight the neural underpinnings of personality development and potential markers for BPD.