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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine2024

White and Gray Matter Abnormality in Burning Mouth Syndrome Evaluated with Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging.

Shimpei Kato, Ryo Kurokawa, Fumio Suzuki, Shiori Amemiya, Takahiro Shinozaki, Daiki Takanezawa, Ryutaro Kohashi, Osamu Abe

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Burning mouth syndrome: updates on pathogenesis and diagnostic algorithms.Journal of oral & facial pain and headache · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Shimpei KatoDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo.
Ryo KurokawaDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo.
Fumio SuzukiDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo.
Shiori AmemiyaDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo.
Takahiro ShinozakiDepartment of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, Nihon University School of Dentistry.
Daiki TakanezawaDepartment of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, Nihon University School of Dentistry.
Ryutaro KohashiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry.
Osamu AbeDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo.
The University of Tokyo · JPNihon University · JPUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeBurning mouth syndrome (BMS) is defined by a burning sensation or pain in the tongue or other oral sites despite the presence of normal mucosa on inspection. Both psychiatric and neuroimaging investigations have examined BMS; however, there have been no analyses using the neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) model, which provides detailed information of intra- and extracellular microstructures. Therefore, we performed voxel-wise analyses using both NODDI and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) models and compared the results to better comprehend the pathology of BMS.

methodsFourteen patients with BMS and 11 age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects were prospectively scanned using a 3T-MRI machine using 2-shell diffusion imaging. Diffusion tensor metrics (fractional anisotropy [FA], mean diffusivity [MD], axial diffusivity [AD], and radial diffusivity [RD]) and neurite orientation and dispersion index metrics (intracellular volume fraction [ICVF], isotropic volume fraction [ISO], and orientation dispersion index [ODI]) were retrieved from diffusion MRI data. These data were analyzed using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) and gray matter-based spatial statistics (GBSS).

resultsTBSS analysis showed that patients with BMS had significantly higher FA and ICVF and lower MD and RD than the healthy control subjects (family-wise error [FWE] corrected P < 0.05). Changes in ICVF, MD, and RD were observed in widespread white matter areas. Fairly small areas with different FA were included. GBSS analysis showed that patients with BMS had significantly higher ISO and lower MD and RD than the healthy control subjects (FWE-corrected P < 0.05), mainly limited to the amygdala.

conclusionThe increased ICVF in the BMS group may represent myelination and/or astrocytic hypertrophy, and microstructural changes in the amygdala in GBSS analysis indicate the emotional-affective profile of BMS.

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Burning Mouth SyndromeStarch SynthaseWhite MatterBrainDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingDiffusion Tensor ImagingGray MatterHumansNeuritesStarch Synthaseburning mouth syndromediffusion tensor imaginggray matter-based spatial statisticsneurite orientation dispersion and density imagingtract-based spatial statistics

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PMID36990741
PMCPMC11024709
OpenAlexW4361303217

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