Right extremities pain caused by a malacia lesion in the left putamen:a resting functional magnetic resonance imaging of the marginal division of the human brain.
- Author:
Zhi-Ye CHEN
1
;
Lin MA
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adult; Brain; pathology; Case-Control Studies; Extremities; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Pain; physiopathology
- From: Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae 2014;36(2):126-130
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo explore the role of marginal division of the human brain in the pain modulation.
METHODSResting functional magnetic resonance imaging was applied in a patient with right extremities pain caused by a malacia lesion in the left putamen and in 8 healthy volunteers. Marginal division was defined using manual drawing on structure images, and was applied to the computation of fuctional connectivity maps.
RESULTSThe functional connectivities in the left marginal division showed an evident decrease in the patient when compared with healthy controls. These connectivities were mainly located in the bilateral head of caudate nucleus, putamen, and left globus pallidus.
CONCLUSIONThe marginal division may be involved in the pain modulation.
