在经过后神经疼痛的患者中发生的大脑结构变化:一项VBM-MRI研究
Li Niu1,2,3, Yi Hu1, Cheng-Dong Yuan1,2,3
1Department of Anesthesiology The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University Zunyi Guizhou China.
Ibrain
|October 3, 2023
概括
脑后神经疼痛 (PHN) 患者在与疼痛处理相关的大脑区域的灰质体积和密度降低. 这些结构变化与疼痛严重程度相关,这表明慢性疼痛与PHN的大脑变化之间存在联系.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 医疗成像医学成像
- 神经学 神经学
背景情况:
- 后神经疼痛 (PHN) 是一种慢性神经病痛疾病.
- 了解PHN的神经生物学基础对于有效管理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查PHN患者灰质 (GM) 体积和密度的变化.
- 探索这些结构变化与临床疼痛措施之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 基于voxel的形态测量 (VBM) 用于比较25名PHN患者和25名健康对照者的GM体积和度.
- 在受影响大脑区域的转基因指标和视觉模拟尺度 (VAS) 分数/损伤持续时间之间进行了相关性分析.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,PHN患者的全球GM体积显著降低,脑脊液体积更高.
- 在包括条纹体,小脑和各种皮层回旋在内的区域观察到减少的转基因体积.
- 在纹状体,岛状体,环状皮质和上回形中观察到转基因度的下降.
- 在PHN患者中,右副海马环转基因度和VAS得分之间发现了负相关性.
结论:
- PHN与大脑区域的GM体积和密度显著减少有关,这些区域对疼痛感觉,感知和整合至关重要.
- 这些结构性大脑变化可能在PHN的发展和持续中发挥作用.
- 这些发现突显了慢性疼痛与PHN中大脑结构变化之间的复杂相互作用.
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