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Abnormal resting-state local spontaneous functional activity in irritable bowel syndrome patients: A meta-analysis
Chang Su1, Wanlun Liu2, Qianqian Wang2
1College of Teacher Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China; Key Laboratory of Intelligent Education Technology and Application, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China.
Background:
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder. The current understanding of the pathogenesis underlying IBS is still unclear. Numerous studies have reported local abnormal resting state spontaneous functional activity in IBS patients in widespread brain regions. However, the results have not yet yielded consistent conclusions. Thus, we investigated common spontaneous functional activity abnormalities in patients with IBS by conducting a voxel-based meta-analysis.
Methods:
Up to December 2021, we performed a systematic search of IBS studies in five databases. These studies investigated the differences of resting state spontaneous brain activity between patients with IBS and healthy controls (HCs). The reference lists of included studies, relevant reviews and meta-analyses were investigated manually. Anisotropic effect-size signed differential mapping (AES-SDM) was applied in this meta-analysis.
Results:
Twelve studies encompassing 335 patients with IBS and 327 HCs were included in this meta-analysis. The local brain activities of the left calcarine fissure and surrounding cortex, right postcentral gyrus, left postcentral gyrus, left cerebellum, left inferior temporal gyrus, and left inferior frontal gyrus of triangular part in IBS patients were significantly increased compared with HCs, while the brain activities of the left anterior cingulate and paracingulate gyrus, right middle frontal gyrus, right supramarginal gyrus, left middle frontal gyrus, left precuneus, right putamen and right insula were significantly decreased compared with HCs.
Conclusion:
The current study expands on a growing literature exploring resting state activity in IBS, which provides useful insights for understanding the underlying pathophysiology of nonorganic functional bowel disease and developing more targeted treatment and intervention strategies.
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