ReviewCureus2021
Structural MRI Brain Alterations in Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder.
Review in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of Eating Disorders in People With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyPooled it
- Brain structural-functional connectivity coupling and glucose metabolism in adolescents with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026Article
- Investigation of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter, Intraocular Pressure, and Dry Eye in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder: The Role of Childhood Trauma.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Borderline personality: revisiting its classification as a neurodevelopmental disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Neuroanatomical and functional correlates in borderline personality disorder: A narrative review.Ibrain · 2025Review
- Cognitive impairment in patients with bipolar disorder alone versus those with bipolar disorder comorbid with borderline personality disorder.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- The role of the cerebellum in sequencing and predicting social and non-social events in patients with bipolar disorder.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2023Article
- Structural Features Related to Affective Instability Correctly Classify Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder. A Supervised Machine Learning Approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Bipolar disorder (BD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) share many behavioral features, such as periods of marked affective lability and instability. Although there is a symptomatic overlap, the two disorders may be differentiated based on longitudinal course, phenomenology, and treatment responsiveness. In addition, the emotional changes in BPD are generally influenced by interpersonal factors, whereas BD episodes tend to be more sustained. We performed a literature review on the structural MRI features of both disorders and compared the findings. There are differences in areas of white and gray matter volumes and thickness in BP and BPD. BPD primarily affects the fronto-limbic network, in particular, the amygdala, hippocampus, and orbitofrontal cortex, whereas BP affects both cortical and subcortical areas. There are a limited number of large studies, and many studies examined in this review did not adjust for confounding factors or motion artifacts, which limit the utility of current data.
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