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Neural Correlates of Affective Disturbances: A Comparative Meta-analysis of Negative Affect Processing in Borderline Personality Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Schulze, Lars, Schulze, Andreas, Renneberg, Babette, Schmahl, Christian, Niedtfeld, Inga·2019·Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

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Background Borderline personality disorder (BPD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are prominent examples of mental disorders with affective disturbances. Notably, all three disorders share a generally heightened negative affect, which is presumably the result of shared neural abnormalities in affective processing. In this meta-analysis, we aimed to identify transdiagnostic and disorder-specific abnormalities during the processing of negative compared with neutral stimuli. Methods We synthesized neuroimaging findings of affect processing in BPD, MDD, and PTSD and calculated combined coordinate- and image-based meta-analyses. The analysis comprised 70 distinct study samples with a total of 31 unthresholded statistical parametric maps. Twenty-four studies had a focus on BPD (431 individuals with BPD, 436 healthy control subjects [HCs]), 32 studies on MDD (789 individuals with current MDD, 870 HCs), and 14 studies on PTSD (247 individuals with PTSD, 245 HCs). Results Findings showed limbic hyperactivations in BPD and PTSD compared with limbic activation of HCs. In contrast, patients with MDD showed blunted amygdala activation in comparison with that of HCs. Additionally, the calculation of overlapping brain abnormalities in BPD, MDD, and PTSD highlighted transdiagnostic hyperactivation of the right median cingulate gyri and hypoactivation of the right middle frontal gyrus and the right middle occipital gyrus. Finally, disorder-specific co…

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  • BPD and PTSD are distinguished from healthy controls and major depression by activation of the amygdala and hippocampus in reaction to stimuli eliciting negative emotion.

    “Thus, BPD and PTSD were distinguished from healthy controls and major depression by activation of the amygdala and hippocampus in reaction to stimuli eliciting negative emotion”

    From Complex PTSD and borderline personality disorder (2021) · cites this paper as [153]

  • In BPD, brain activity in reaction to negative emotion appears to reflect conscious emotion processing (left amygdala), while in PTSD automatic emotion processing is implicated (right amygdala).

    “although differing in that in BPD the brain activity appeared to reflect conscious emotion processing (i.e., left amygdala) while automatic emotion processing was implicated in PTSD (i.e., right amygdala) [153].”

    From Complex PTSD and borderline personality disorder (2021) · cites this paper as [153]

  • BPD is associated with lesser inhibitory PfC activation in reaction to negative affective stimuli than PTSD.

    “Potentially further contributing to difficulties in regulation of negative emotions, BPD also was associated with lesser inhibitory PfC activation in reaction to negative affective stimuli than PTSD.”

    From Complex PTSD and borderline personality disorder (2021) · cites this paper as [153]

  • PTSD differs from BPD and major depression in showing reduced activation of the ventral premotor and right posterior parietal cortices.

    “Additionally, PTSD differed from BPD (and major depression) in showing reduced activation of the ventral premotor and right posterior parietal cortices, which inhibit impulsivity and support attentional and cognitive processes regulating negative emotions [153].”

    From Complex PTSD and borderline personality disorder (2021) · cites this paper as [153]

  • BPD is associated with hyperactivation of limbic (amygdala and hippocampus), posterior cingulate, temporal cortical, and medial PfC areas and hypoactivation of the postcentral gyrus in reaction to negatively-valenced versus neutral affective stimuli.

    “a meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies testing reactions to affective stimuli that were negatively-valenced versus ones that were neutral found that BPD was associated with hyperactivation of limbic (i.e., amygdala and hippocampus), posterior cingulate, temporal cortical, and medial PfC areas and hypoactivation of the postcentral gyrus [153].”

    From Complex PTSD and borderline personality disorder (2021) · cites this paper as [153]

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Authors
Schulze, L., Schulze, A., Renneberg, B., Schmahl, C., & Niedtfeld, I.
Affiliations
  • Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
  • Heidelberg University (DE)
Corresponding author
Schulze, Lars
Venue
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-03
Volume
4
Issue
3
Pages
220-232
ISSN
2451-9022 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2901437612
Cited by
102
References
140
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 7
FWCI
1.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
German Research Foundation (DFG-SCHU 2961/2–1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
borderline personality disorder, major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, mood disorders, amygdala activation, middle frontal gyrus, middle occipital gyrus
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Borderline Personality Disorder, Brain, Brain Mapping, Depressive Disorder, Major, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

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