Si-Yu Gu, Feng-Chao Shi, Shu Wang, Cheng-Yu Wang, Xin-Xin Yao, Yi-Fan Sun, Chuan-Xu Luo, Wan-Ting Liu, Jian-Bin Hu, Fei Chen, Ping-Lei Pan, Wen-Hui Li
BACKGROUND: Despite regional brain structural changes having been reported in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP), the topological properties of structural covariance networks (SCNs), which refer to the organization of the SCNs, remain unclear. This study applied graph theoretical analysis to explore the alterations of the topological properties of SCNs, aiming to comprehend the integration and separation of SCNs in patients with CLBP. METHODS: A total of 38 patients with CLBP and 38 healthy controls (HCs), balanced for age and sex, were scanned using three-dimensional T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging...
April 26, 2024: Brain Research Bulletin