Fact & Insights about BPD
John Gunderson

What is BPD is, who is affected, what it does to those who have it, and  how is it treated   New England Journal of Medicine: 

Different Brain Regions Activated in Impulsive Aggression
Psychiatric News

A brain imaging study shows that regions responsible for inhibiting aggression are not activated by a serotonergic stimulus in personality-disordered patients with impulsive aggression

Long Journey Led to Advances in Understanding and Treating BPD
Psychiatric News

The new findings about BPD upend some early assumptions, such as that the disorder is a life sentence, that is, an expression of "who you are" rather than a disorder you have.    

Gabbard Weds Neurobiology and Psychodynamics in BPD Treatment
Glenn Gabbard

Her Studies Uncovered BPD's Neurobiological Secrets
Antonia New

With a "relentlessly empirical" approach to patients, Antonia New, M.D., has used brain imaging to help establish the neurobiological basis for the troubling behavior associated with borderline personality disorder. 

BPD Researcher Searches for Puzzle's Missing Piece
John Gunderson

He believes the future of BPD research lies in uncovering the unifying pathway--that accounts for the symptoms that present as borderline personality. 

The interpersonal dimension of borderline personality disorder: Toward a neuropeptide model
Stanley B, Siever LJ

Attachment and affiliative system may be implicated in the disorder. Neuropeptides, including the opioids, oxytocin, and vasopressin, serve a crucial role in the regulation of affiliative behaviors and thus may be altered in borderline personality disorder. 

Facial emotional expression in reaction to social exclusion in BPD
Staebler, K et. al.

The Pain of Exclusion
Scientific America

Being ignored or left out activates areas of the brain associated with physical pain

 

Sexual Behavior in BPD
Randy Sansone, MD

Innovation in Clinical Neuroscience