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BJPsych Open ; 10(2): e58, 2024 Mar 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38433600

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BACKGROUND: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe psychiatric disorder conceptualised as a disorder of emotion regulation. Emotion regulation has been linked to a frontolimbic network comprising the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the amygdala, which apparently synchronises its activity via oscillatory coupling in the theta frequency range. AIMS: To analyse whether there are distinct differences in theta oscillatory coupling in frontal brain regions between individuals with BPD and matched controls during emotion regulation by cognitive reappraisal. METHOD: Electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings were performed in 25 women diagnosed with BPD and 25 matched controls during a cognitive reappraisal task in which participants were instructed to downregulate negative emotions evoked by aversive visual stimuli. Between- and within-group time-frequency analyses were conducted to analyse regulation-associated theta activity (3.5-8.5 Hz). RESULTS: Oscillatory theta activity differed between the participants with BPD and matched controls during cognitive reappraisal. Regulation-associated theta increases were lower in frontal regions in the BPD cohort compared with matched controls. Functional connectivity analysis for regulation-associated changes in the theta frequency band revealed a lower multivariate interaction measure (MIM) increase in frontal brain regions in persons with BPD compared with matched controls. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings support the notion of alterations in a frontal theta network in BPD, which may be underlying core symptoms of the disorder such as deficits in emotion regulation. The results add to the growing body of evidence for altered oscillatory brain dynamics in psychiatric populations, which might be investigated as individualised treatment targets using non-invasive stimulation methods.

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Clin Neurophysiol ; 128(10): 1906-1914, 2017 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28826021

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OBJECTIVES: Aim of this study was to analyze whether electroencephalogram (EEG)-based CNS-arousal markers differ for patients suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) that either respond or do not respond to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or their combination. Further the study aimed to identify specific response-predictors for the different therapy approaches. METHODS: CNS-arousal from 51 unmedicated patients during fifteen-minute resting state was assessed using VIGALL (Vigilance Algorithm Leipzig). Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scores were used to assess response or non-response after three to six months following therapy (CBT, n=18; SSRI, n=11 or combination, n=22). Differences between Responders (R) and Non-Responders (NR) were identified using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) models. RESULTS: MANCOVA revealed that Responders spent significant less time at the highest CNS-arousal stage 0. Further, low amounts of the highest CNS-arousal stages were specifically predictive for a response to a combined treatment approach. CONCLUSIONS: The fact that CNS-arousal markers allowed discrimination between Responders and Non-Responders and also between Responders of different treatment arms underlines a possible clinical value of EEG-based markers. SIGNIFICANCE: These results encourage further research on EEG-arousal regulation for determining pathophysiological subgroups for treatment response.


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Arousal/physiology , Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/methods , Electroencephalography/methods , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/physiopathology , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/therapy , Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors/therapeutic use , Adult , Arousal/drug effects , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Electroencephalography/drug effects , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/diagnosis , Predictive Value of Tests , Retrospective Studies , Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors/pharmacology , Treatment Outcome , Young Adult
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