PMID- 33362498 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201229 IS - 1662-5161 (Print) IS - 1662-5161 (Electronic) IS - 1662-5161 (Linking) VI - 14 DP - 2020 TI - Abnormal Whole Brain Functional Connectivity Pattern Homogeneity and Couplings in Migraine Without Aura. PG - 619839 LID - 10.3389/fnhum.2020.619839 [doi] LID - 619839 AB - Previous studies have reported abnormal amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation and regional homogeneity in patients with migraine without aura using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. However, how whole brain functional connectivity pattern homogeneity and its corresponding functional connectivity changes in patients with migraine without aura is unknown. In the current study, we employed a recently developed whole brain functional connectivity homogeneity (FcHo) method to identify the voxel-wise changes of functional connectivity patterns in 21 patients with migraine without aura and 21 gender and age matched healthy controls. Moreover, resting-state functional connectivity analysis was used to reveal the changes of corresponding functional connectivities. FcHo analyses identified significantly decreased FcHo values in the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), thalamus (THA), and left anterior insula (AI) in patients with migraine without aura compared to healthy controls. Functional connectivity analyses further found decreased functional connectivities between PCC and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), between AI and anterior cingulate cortex, and between THA and left precentral gyrus (PCG). The functional connectivities between THA and PCG were negatively correlated with pain intensity. Our findings indicated that whole brain FcHo and connectivity abnormalities of these regions may be associated with functional impairments in pain processing in patients with migraine without aura. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Zhang, Chen, Zeng, He, Qi, Zhang and Liu. FAU - Zhang, Yingxia AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. AD - Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Pidu District People's Hospital, Chengdu, China. FAU - Chen, Hong AU - Chen H AD - Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Pidu District People's Hospital, Chengdu, China. FAU - Zeng, Min AU - Zeng M AD - Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Pidu District People's Hospital, Chengdu, China. FAU - He, Junwei AU - He J AD - Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Pidu District People's Hospital, Chengdu, China. FAU - Qi, Guiqiang AU - Qi G AD - Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Pidu District People's Hospital, Chengdu, China. FAU - Zhang, Shaojin AU - Zhang S AD - Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Pidu District People's Hospital, Chengdu, China. FAU - Liu, Rongbo AU - Liu R AD - Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201211 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Hum Neurosci JT - Frontiers in human neuroscience JID - 101477954 PMC - PMC7759668 OTO - NOTNLM OT - FCHo OT - functional connectivity OT - functional magnetic resonance imaging OT - migraine without aura OT - resting-state COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/12/29 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/29 06:01 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2020/12/28 11:55 PHST- 2020/10/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/28 11:55 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/29 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnhum.2020.619839 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Hum Neurosci. 2020 Dec 11;14:619839. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.619839. eCollection 2020.