Developmental differences in diffusion tensor imaging parameters in borderline personality disorder

Autor: Marianne Goodman, Antonia S. New, Uday Patil, M. Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez, Luis H. Ripoll, David Carpenter, Erin A. Hazlett, Jennifer Avedon
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Psychiatric Research. 47:1101-1109
ISSN: 0022-3956
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.03.021
Popis: BackgroundBorderline personality disorder (BPD) often presents during adolescence. Early detection and intervention decreases its subsequent severity. However, little is known about early predictors and biological underpinnings of BPD. The observed abnormal functional connectivity among brain regions in BPD led to studies of white matter, as the neural substrate of connectivity. However, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies in adult BPD have been inconclusive, and, as yet, there are no published DTI studies in borderline adolescents.MethodsWe conducted DTI tractography in 38 BPD patients (14-adolescents, 24-adults) and 32 healthy controls (13-adolescents, 19-adults).ResultsWe found bilateral tract-specific decreased fractional anisotropy (FA) in inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF) in BPD adolescents compared to adolescent controls. ILF FA was significantly higher in adolescent controls compared to BPD adolescents, BPD adults and adult controls (Wilks F(3,57) = 3.55, p
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