Frontal EEG asymmetry in borderline personality disorder is associated with alexithymia.

Vera FlasbeckStoyan PopkirovMartin Brüne

Published in: Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation (2017)

Our findings reveal that lower right frontal EEG asymmetry is associated with alexithymia in patients with BPD. This finding is in accordance with neurophysiological models of alexithymia that implicate a right hemisphere impairment in emotion processing, and could suggest frontal EEG asymmetry as a potential biomarker of relevant psychopathology in these patients.

Keyphrases

functional connectivity
working memory
resting state
borderline personality disorder
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
autism spectrum disorder
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
genome wide
dna methylation
gene expression
patient reported outcomes