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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2025

Fibromyalgia in the Era of Brain PET/CT Imaging.

Elisabetta Abenavoli, Valentina Berti, Matilde Nerattini, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Georgios Filippou, Alessandro Lucia, Gilberto Pari, Stefano Pallanti, Fausto Salaffi, Marina Carotti and 2 more

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. From pain mechanisms to functioning: a rehabilitation perspective on fibromyalgia.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2026
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  6. [Digital treatment of fibromyalgia].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Elisabetta AbenavoliNuclear Medicine Division, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9370-102X
Valentina BertiNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9947-6559
Matilde NerattiniNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Piercarlo Sarzi-PuttiniDepartment of Rheumatology, IRCCS Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital, 20157 Milan, Italy.
Georgios FilippouDepartment of Rheumatology, IRCCS Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital, 20157 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1647-2083
Alessandro LuciaDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Gilberto PariInterdisciplinary Pain Medicine Unit, Santa Maria Maddalena Private Hospital, 45030 Occhiobello, Italy.
Stefano PallantiDepartment of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Fausto SalaffiDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, "Carlo Urbani" Hospital, 60035 Jesi, Ancona, Italy.
Marina CarottiDepartment of Radiology, Ospedali Riuniti, Università Politecnica Delle Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy.
Silvia SirottiDepartment of Rheumatology, IRCCS Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital, 20157 Milan, Italy.
Francesco PortaInterdisciplinary Pain Medicine Unit, Santa Maria Maddalena Private Hospital, 45030 Occhiobello, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a complex, heterogeneous disorder characterized by chronic widespread pain, fatigue, and cognitive disturbances. The multifactorial nature of FMS, with the involvement of central and peripheral mechanisms, hampers diagnosis and effective treatment. In recent years, positron emission tomography (PET) imaging has emerged as a valuable tool for exploring the neurobiological underpinnings of FMS. Several studies have investigated alterations in glucose metabolism, neurotransmitter systems (including opioid, dopamine, and GABAergic pathways), and neuroinflammation using various PET tracers. These findings have revealed distinct brain metabolic and molecular patterns in FMS patients compared to healthy controls, particularly in pain-related regions such as the thalamus, insula, and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Moreover, preliminary data suggest that PET imaging may help identify FMS subgroups with different pathophysiological profiles, potentially allowing for tailored therapeutic approaches. This review summarizes the current evidence on PET applications in FMS and discusses the potential role of molecular imaging in improving patient stratification and predicting treatment response.

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braincentral nervous systemfibromyalgia syndromePET/CT

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PMID40565912
PMCPMC12194720

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