Whole-brain functional connectivity during script-driven aggression in borderline personality disorder

• Published in: Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry Vol. 93; pp. 46 - 54
• Main Authors: Ueltzhöffer, Kai, Herpertz, Sabine C., Krauch, Marlene, Schmahl, Christian, Bertsch, Katja
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 13.07.2019
• Subjects: Adult; Aggression; Aggression - physiology; Anger; Borderline personality disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder - physiopathology; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain - physiopathology; Case-Control Studies; Caudate Nucleus - physiopathology; Female; Functional connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Functional Neuroimaging; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Nerve Net - physiopathology; Thalamus - physiopathology; Anger; Functional connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Aggression; Borderline personality disorder

Intense anger and anger-related aggression are frequently reported by patients with borderline personality disorders (BPD). Recent results suggest that anger-related aggression and its control is associated with a complex interplay of different neural systems in BPD. To further investigate this, we...