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Neurofeedback Training and Emotion Downregulation in BPD

  • Neurofeedback (NF) training allows for changes in neural activity to be monitored in real-time and reported to a patient via a visual display.
    • NF can enhance self-control of brain regions by showing dysregulation and may improve behavioral impairment.
    • Training downregulation in BPD patients may help decrease amygdala hyperactivity; thus, improving emotion regulation.
  • Resting-state fMRI (rsfMRI) scans can be obtained before NF training sessions for comparison of before and after.
  • Amygdala NF during presentation of aversive pictures was associated with successful down-regulation of right dorsal amygdala activation in BPD patients.
    • extrapolation: limbic hyperreactivity and lPFC hypoactivity are considered neural correlates of emotion dysregulation in patients
  • It was found that BPD patients had increased amygdala-dlPFC functional connectivity (FC) at rest, and decreased amygdala-other limbic regions FC at rest.

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Updated 2021-11-17

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