在慢性腰部疼痛中,周水道灰色分支的功能连接受到干扰
Cuiping Mao1, Bo Zhang2, Minmin Guo2
1Department of Radiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 157 Xiwu Road, Xi'an, 710004, Shaanxi, China. cp.mao@xjtu.edu.cn.
Brain imaging and behavior
|August 10, 2025
概括
慢性腰部疼痛涉及到大脑连接的变化,在水道灰色 (PAG) 和相关区域. 这些变化影响疼痛和注意力,与患者的抑郁和疾病持续时间相关.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 疼痛研究 疼痛研究
- 肌肉骨系统疾病 肌肉骨系统疾病
背景情况:
- 慢性腰部疼痛 (cLBP) 是一个普遍的全球健康问题.
- 周水管灰 (PAG) 涉及疼痛调节,但其子部分在cLBP中的具体作用尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究cLBP患者的PAG分类中的功能连接性改变.
- 为了将神经成像发现与临床措施 (如抑郁症和疾病持续时间) 相关联.
主要方法:
- 在75名cLBP患者和75名健康对照中使用休息状态功能连接 (rsFC) 和基于任务的fMRI.
- 分析了PAG分区的连接性,特别是腹侧PAG (vlPAG).
主要成果:
- 在cLBP患者中,vlPAG和后中心/上顶叶之间的rsFC增强.
- 在cLBP患者中,观察到侧向PAG和前皮/后皮带皮层之间的rsFC降低.
- 基于任务的fMRI揭示了cLBP患者的背部中间前额叶皮质,小脑,前中心,后中心的vlPAG连接性发生变化.
结论:
- 研究结果表明,cLBP中通过PAG-somatosensory皮质途径中断了下降疼痛调制.
- 在cLBP中,通过vlPAG通路 (vlPAG-dmPFC,vlPAG-PreCG/PoCG) 的注意力调节受损.
- 改变的PAG功能连接性与临床症状有关,突出其在cLBP病理生理学中的作用.
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