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  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry
  • Brain Imaging

Background:

  • Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with structural and functional brain abnormalities.
  • Limited research exists on functional connectivity (FC) across various brain network levels and parameters in BPD.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate multi-level functional connectivity alterations in female BPD patients using resting-state fMRI.
  • To analyze seed-based amygdala connectivity, network-level FC (DMN, SN, FPN), and graph theory metrics.

Main Methods:

  • Resting-state fMRI data from 17 female BPD patients and 51 healthy female controls.
  • Analysis using CONN toolbox: seed-based FC (amygdala), ICA for network FC, and graph theory for network characteristics.
  • Correlation analysis with schema therapy measures.

Main Results:

  • Increased amygdala to contralateral occipital cortex connectivity in BPD patients, correlating with symptom severity.
  • No significant group differences in DMN, SN, or FPN intra- or inter-network FC.
  • Significant group differences in local efficiency and cluster coefficient within a DMN-linked cerebellum cluster.

Conclusions:

  • BPD is characterized by multi-level functional connectivity changes, including altered amygdala pathways and cerebellum network properties.
  • A multi-level analytical approach is crucial for understanding the complex functional connectome alterations in BPD.
  • Findings support the utility of advanced neuroimaging techniques for BPD research.