Zhang Yanan, Liu Ni, Wang Zhenjia, Liu Junlian, Ren Mengmeng, Hong Yueying, Luo Xuanzhi, Liu Huilin, Huo Jianwei, Wang Zhenchang
Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
Department of Radiology, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100010, China.
Brain Sci. 2022 Nov 6;12(11):1505. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12111505.
The application of voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) analysis to study the central mechanism of migraine has been limited. Furthermore, little is known about inter-hemispheric functional connectivity (FC) alterations during resting state in female patients with migraine. This study aimed to investigate potential interictal VMHC impairments in migraine without aura (MwoA) patients and the relationship between connectivity alterations and clinical parameters. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data and clinical information were acquired from 43 female MwoA patients and 43 matched healthy controls. VMHC analysis was used to compare differences between these two groups, and brain regions showing significant differences were chosen as a mask to perform a seed-based FC group comparison. Subsequent correlation analysis was conducted to explore the relationship between abnormal inter-hemispheric FC and clinical data. Compared with healthy controls, female MwoA patients revealed significantly decreased VMHC in the bilateral cerebellum; cuneus; and lingual, middle occipital, precentral and postcentral gyri. Seed-based FC analysis indicated disrupted intrinsic connectivity in the cerebellum, and default mode, visual and sensorimotor network. These VMHC and FC abnormalities were negatively correlated with clinical indexes including duration of disease, migraine days and visual analogue scale. These inter-hemispheric FC impairments and correlations between abnormal VMHC and FC and clinical scores may improve our understanding of the central mechanism of female-specific migraine.
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