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  • Neuroscience
  • Gastroenterology
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • Functional dyspepsia (FD) is increasingly linked to psychological disorders.
  • The precise mechanisms by which psychological factors influence FD are not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the brain-based correlations between psychological factors and functional dyspepsia.
  • To explore alterations in cerebral glucose metabolism in FD patients.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Fluorine-18-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) to assess cerebral glycometabolism.
  • Compared 40 FD patients with 20 healthy controls during a resting state.
  • Employed statistical parametric mapping (SPM) for data analysis.

Main Results:

  • FD patients displayed significantly increased glucose metabolism in several brain regions compared to controls.
  • These metabolic alterations, particularly in the insula, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), middle cingulate cortex (MCC), and middle frontal cortex (midFC), correlated with anxiety and depression scores.
  • Hypermetabolism in these regions was observed even in FD patients without anxiety/depression symptoms and was more pronounced in those with these symptoms.

Conclusions:

  • Altered cerebral glycometabolism in FD patients may reflect a cyclical relationship between psychological vulnerabilities and gastrointestinal symptoms.
  • These findings highlight the neurobiological underpinnings of FD and its connection to psychological distress.