Alterations of degree centrality and functional connectivity in classic trigeminal neuralgia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Recent neuroimaging studies have indicated a wide range of structural and regional functional alterations in patients with classic trigeminal neuralgia (CTN). However, few studies have focused on the intrinsic functional characteristics of network organization in the whole brain. Therefore, the present study aimed to characterize the potential intrinsic dysconnectivity pattern of the whole brain functional networks at the voxel level using the degree centrality (DC) analysis in CTN patients.

Methods

Thirty-four patients with CTN and twenty-nine well-matched healthy controls (HCs) participated in this study. All subjects underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-MRI) examination and clinical and neuropsychologic assessments. DC is a graph th

SUBMITTER: Liu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9870176 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature