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Advances in brain functional imaging of abnormal emotional circuits associated with premenstrual dysphoric disorder
CHEN Sirui  XU Xiaowen  ZHAO Yang  XIAO Lei  CHEN Zhenyu  LIAO Hai 

Cite this article as: CHEN S R, XU X W, ZHAO Y, et al. Advances in brain functional imaging of abnormal emotional circuits associated with premenstrual dysphoric disorder[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(3): 196-199, 217. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.03.032.


[Abstract] Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a unique emotional disease of women, which seriously affects the life and health of women of childbearing age. At present, its pathogenesis is still unclear. Recent studies have shown that the function of affective circuit composed of "prefrontal-anterior cingulate cortex-amygdala-hippocampus-cerebellum" may be closely related to the pathogenesis of PMDD. The paper reviews the brain function of the related brain regions and brain intervals of PMDD, and provide reference for finding the neuropathy mechanism of PMDD.
[Keywords] premenstrual dysphoric disorder;emotional disorder;brain functional imaging;functional magnetic resonance imaging;magnetic resonance imaging;prefrontal cortex;amygdala;neural mechanism

CHEN Sirui   XU Xiaowen   ZHAO Yang   XIAO Lei   CHEN Zhenyu   LIAO Hai*  

Department of Radiology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning 530021, China

Corresponding author: LIAO H, E-mail: 42442427@qq.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2023-07-03
Accepted  2024-02-23
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.03.032
Cite this article as: CHEN S R, XU X W, ZHAO Y, et al. Advances in brain functional imaging of abnormal emotional circuits associated with premenstrual dysphoric disorder[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(3): 196-199, 217. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.03.032.

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