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ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2020

Aberrant Thalamic-Centered Functional Connectivity in Patients with Persistent Somatoform Pain Disorder.

Xia Sun, Xiandi Pan, Kaiji Ni, Chenfeng Ji, Jiaxin Wu, Chao Yan, Yanli Luo

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Xia Sun *Department of Psychological Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Xiandi Pan *Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Kaiji NiDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Chenfeng JiDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Jiaxin WuDepartment of Psychiatry, Tongji Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Chao YanKey Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (MOE&STCSM), Shanghai Changning-ECNU Mental Health Center, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Yanli LuoDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

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purposeRecent task-based fMRI studies have shown that Persistent Somatoform Pain Disorder (PSPD) patients demonstrated aberrant activity in a wide range of brain regions associated with sensation, cognition and emotion. However, these specific task-based studies could not clearly uncover the alterations in the spontaneous brain networks that were associated with the general pain-related symptoms in PSPD. PATIENTS AND

methodsIn the present study, 13 PSPD patients and 23 matched healthy controls (HCs) were enrolled. Resting state and 3D structural imaging data were collected during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Ninety regions of interest (ROIs) were selected from the automated anatomical labeling (AAL) template. The functional connectivity toolbox "CONN" was used to calculate the functional connectivity (FC) coefficients.

resultsOur results showed that PSPD patients exhibited increased FCs between the left thalamus and the right amygdala, the right hippocampus, and multiple sub-regions of the occipital lobe when compared to HCs. Correlation analysis revealed a negative correlation between the left thalamus-right amygdala FC and the level of anxiety in PSPD patients.

conclusionThese findings suggest that the altered FC between thalamus and amygdala may be the neural mechanisms underlying the pain-related anxiety in PSPD.

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functional connectivityfunctional magnetic resonance imagingpersistent somatoform pain disorderresting-state

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