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Department of Urology, Jing’an District Central Hospital, Fudan University, 259 Xikang Rd, Shanghai, P.R. China
Research Article
The Alterations of Brain Gray Matters in the Patients of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Evaluated by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Author(s): Chuanyu Sun*, Qingfeng Hu, Guowei Xia, Yifan Tan, Shengyang Ge and Yijun Guo
Background: Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a common disease in clinic of
urology. Although the etiology of CP/CPPS is unclear, accumulating evidences reveals the central
mechanisms like neuromodulation, neural plasticity and brain reorganization play a vital role in the
pathophysiological mechanisms. As is acknowledged as a non-invasive and accurate instrument, resting-state
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has been applied to investigate brain abnormalities of structure.
Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the brain structural alterations in the patients of CP/CPPS evaluated by
measuring the brain gray matters through MRI.
Materials and Methods: 50 patients of CP/CPPS and 50 matched healthy controls were recruited to scan T1-
weighted MRI. Voxel-Based Morphome.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-0250.22.11.256