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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020

Enhanced Connectivity of Thalamo-Cortical Networks in First-Episode, Treatment-Naive Somatization Disorder.

Jin Zhao, Qinji Su, Feng Liu, Zhikun Zhang, Ru Yang, Wenbin Guo, Jingping Zhao

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Jin ZhaoNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Qinji SuMental Health Center, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Feng LiuDepartment of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Zhikun ZhangMental Health Center, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Ru YangDepartment of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Wenbin GuoNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Jingping ZhaoNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.

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backgroundDysfunctions of the thalamus and its projections to cortical cortices have been implicated in patient with somatization disorder (SD). However, changes in the anatomical specificity of thalamo-cortical functional connectivity (FC) in SD remain unclear.

methodsResting-state fMRI scans were collected in 25 first-episode, drug-naive patients with SD, as well as 28 sex-, age-, and education-matched healthy controls. We parcellated the thalamus with seven predefined regions of interest (ROIs) and used them as seeds to map whole-brain FC. Correlation analysis was conducted in the patients.

resultsWe found an increased pattern of thalamic ROI-cortex connectivity in patients with SD. Patients with SD demonstrated enhanced thalamic connectivity to the bilateral anterior/middle cingulum, motor/sensory cortex, visual cortex, and auditory cortex. A significantly negative correlation was found between the right occipital thalamic ROI to the anterior cingulum and EPQ extraversion scores (

conclusionsThis study demonstrates that anatomical specificity of enhanced thalamo-cortical FCs exists in first-episode, drug-naive patients with SD. These findings further highlight the importance of the thalamic subregions in the pathophysiology of SD.

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anterior/middle cingulumfunctional connectivitymotor/sensory cortexsomatization disorderthalamus

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