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Cerebral imaging characteristics of pruritus caused by eczema based on fALFF and FC analyses
ZHANG Yuying  KIM Taeeun  XU Huihui  SHEN Qiang  WANG Hui  TAN Wenli  GONG Zhigang  ZHAN Songhua  WEI Xiangyu 

ZHANG Y Y, KIM T E, XU H H, et al. Cerebral imaging characteristics of pruritus caused by eczema based on fALFF and FC analyses[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2023, 14(8): 45-50. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.08.007.


[Abstract] Objective To analyze the cerebral characteristics of patients with pruritus by resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI).Materials and Methods Forty-two patients with eczema were recruited in the observation group, and 44 healthy subjects were included in the control group. The visual analogue scale (VAS), 12-Item Pruritus Severity Scale (12-PSS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Self-rating Anxiety Scale were recorded in the observation group. The different values of fraction amplitude of low frequency fluctuation (fALFF) were compared between the observation and control group through rs-fMRI program. Subsequently, functional connectivity (FC) was analyzed using the brain regions with significant differences between groups as seed points.Results There were no significant differences in average age, sex ratio, years of education between the two groups (P＞0.05). Compared with the control group, the fALFF values of the left precentral gyrus, left postcentral gyrus, left supplementary motor area, and left anterior cingulate cortex in the observation group were increased. The FC values between the left precentral gyrus and bilateral inferior temporal gyrus, bilateral fusiform gyrus, bilateral hippocampus, bilateral middle temporal gyrus, bilateral inferior occipital gyrus, and bilateral lingual gyrus were decreased in the observation group. The FC values between left supplementary motor area and bilateral inferior temporal gyrus, bilateral superior temporal gyrus, right hippocampus and right insula were decreased in the observation group. The 12-PSS score was positively correlated with fALFF value of left precentral gyrus (r=0.59, P＜0.01) and left postcentral gyrus (r=0.52, P＜0.01), and was positively correlated with VAS score (r=0.33, P＜0.05) in the observation group.Conclusions The spontaneous activity of the left somatosensory and motor area are abnormally increased in patients with pruritus, and there is a correlation between given cerebral regions and clinical scales, which provides potential neurobiological markers for the future study of pruritus. The synchronous decrease of FC between left somatosensory motor area and occipital or temporal lobe is another important brain network feature in patients with pruritus.
[Keywords] dermatosis；eczema；pruritus；central mechanism；fraction amplitude of low frequency fluctuation；functional connectivity；magnetic resonance imaging

ZHANG Yuying1   KIM Taeeun2   XU Huihui1   SHEN Qiang1   WANG Hui1   TAN Wenli1   GONG Zhigang1   ZHAN Songhua1   WEI Xiangyu2, 3*  

1 Department of Radiology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China

2 Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China

3 Institute of Acupuncture and Anesthesia, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China

Corresponding author: Wei XY, E-mail: weixiangyu1990@126.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 82205267).
Received  2023-01-08
Accepted  2023-07-21
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.08.007
ZHANG Y Y, KIM T E, XU H H, et al. Cerebral imaging characteristics of pruritus caused by eczema based on fALFF and FC analyses[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2023, 14(8): 45-50. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.08.007.

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