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Liu X, Wei S, Zhao X, Bi Y, Hu L. Establishing the relationship between subjective perception and neural responses: Insights from correlation analysis and representational similarity analysis. Neuroimage 2024; 295:120650. [PMID: 38768740 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 05/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024] Open
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Exploring the relationship between sensory perception and brain responses holds important theoretical and clinical implications. However, commonly used methodologies like correlation analysis performed either intra- or inter- individually often yield inconsistent results across studies, limiting their generalizability. Representational similarity analysis (RSA), a method that assesses the perception-response relationship by calculating the correlation between behavioral and neural patterns, may offer a fresh perspective to reveal novel findings. Here, we delivered a series of graded sensory stimuli of four modalities (i.e., nociceptive somatosensory, non-nociceptive somatosensory, visual, and auditory) to/near the left or right hand of 107 healthy subjects and collected their single-trial perceptual ratings and electroencephalographic (EEG) responses. We examined the relationship between sensory perception and brain responses using within- and between-subject correlation analysis and RSA, and assessed their stability across different numbers of subjects and trials. We found that within-subject and between-subject correlations yielded distinct results: within-subject correlation revealed strong and reliable correlations between perceptual ratings and most brain responses, while between-subject correlation showed weak correlations that were vulnerable to the change of subject number. In addition to verifying the correlation results, RSA revealed some novel findings, i.e., correlations between behavioral and neural patterns were observed in some additional neural responses, such as "γ-ERS" in the visual modality. RSA results were sensitive to the trial number, but not to the subject number, suggesting that consistent results could be obtained for studies with relatively small sample sizes. In conclusion, our study provides a novel perspective on establishing the relationship between behavior and brain activity, emphasizing that RSA holds promise as a method for exploring this pattern relationship in future research.
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- Xu Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, 100101, China; Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, 100101, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, 100101, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, 100101, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, 100101, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Sprouse Blum AS, DaSilva LA, Greenberg MD, Nissenbaum AJ, Shapiro RE, Littenberg B. Comparison of migraine with left- versus right-sided headache: A cross-sectional study. Headache 2024; 64:259-265. [PMID: 38433351 DOI: 10.1111/head.14689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to clarify whether clinical differences exist between patients with migraine who experience headache that is typically left-sided ("left-migraine") versus right-sided ("right-migraine") during attacks. BACKGROUND Migraine has been associated with unilateral headache for millennia and remains a supportive trait for the clinical diagnosis of migraine of the International Classification of Headache Disorders. It is currently unknown why headache in migraine is commonly unilateral, and whether headache-sidedness is associated with other clinical features. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study comparing left- versus right-migraine using all available intake questionnaires of new patients evaluated at an academic tertiary headache center over a 20-year period. Eligibility was based on patient written responses indicating the typical location of headache during attacks. In our analyses, the side of headache (left or right) was the predictor variable. The outcomes included various migraine characteristics and psychiatric comorbidities. RESULTS We identified 6527 patients with migraine, of which 340 met study eligibility criteria. Of these, 48.8% (166/340) had left migraine, and 51.2% (174/340) had right migraine. When comparing patients with left- versus right-migraine, patients with left migraine experienced 3.6 fewer headache-free days (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.3-5.9; p = 0.002) and 2.4 more severe headache days (95% CI 0.8-4.1; p = 0.004) in the previous 4 weeks. No significant differences in age, sex, handedness, migraine characteristics, or psychiatric comorbidities were identified between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS Patients with migraine with typically left-sided headache during attacks reported a higher burden of headache frequency and severity than those with typically right-sided headache during attacks. These findings may have implications for our understanding of migraine pathophysiology, treatment, and clinical trial design.
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- Adam S Sprouse Blum
- Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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Jansen N, ten Klooster PM, Vonkeman HE, van den Berg B, Buitenweg JR. Further evaluation of inflammatory and non-inflammatory aspects of pain in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Rheumatol Adv Pract 2023; 7:rkad076. [PMID: 37814655 PMCID: PMC10560383 DOI: 10.1093/rap/rkad076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023] Open
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Objective A high discrepancy between the number of tender and swollen joints (e.g. ΔTSJ ≥ 7) has previously been used as an indication for the presence of changes in central mechanisms in patients with moderate-to-high disease activity. In this study, we explored whether the ΔTSJ can also be used to obtain insights into the underlying pain mechanisms in patients with on average well-controlled disease activity. Methods A 2 year retrospective analysis of routinely obtained 28-joint DAS (DAS28) components was performed on 45 patients with low inflammatory activity at the group level. All patients underwent pressure pain threshold (PPT) and electrical pain threshold (EPT) measurements and completed four self-report questionnaires [short-form 36 (SF-36v2); central sensitization inventory (CSI); generalized pain questionnaire (GPQ); and the pain catastrophizing scale (PCS)]. Results Patients with a ΔTSJ ≥ 3 at least once in the past 2 years showed significantly lower EPT and PPT values and higher levels of pain and disability on the SF-36v2 compared with the ΔTSJ < 3 group. Furthermore, GPQ scores were significantly higher in those with ΔTSJ ≥ 3, while CSI and PCS scores were similar. Conclusion These findings suggest that in patients in the ΔTSJ ≥ 3 group, mechanisms other than inflammation (only) underlie the pain. Moreover, our findings suggest that among the multiple potential underlying psychological mechanisms, pain catastrophizing (as measured by the PCS) and psychological hypervigilance (as measured by the CSI) do not play an important role. These findings could be useful in the clinical management of the patient. Depending on the dominant mechanism underlying the (persistent) pain, patients might respond differently to treatment.
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- Niels Jansen
- Biomedical Signals and Systems, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Psychology, Health & Technology, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Psychology, Health & Technology, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical Signals and Systems, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical Signals and Systems, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Askari A, Lam JLW, Zhu BJ, Lu CW, Chou KL, Wyant KJ, Patil PG. Dorsal subthalamic deep brain stimulation improves pain in Parkinson's disease. FRONTIERS IN PAIN RESEARCH 2023; 4:1240379. [PMID: 37663307 PMCID: PMC10469498 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2023.1240379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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Introduction Inconsistent effects of subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) on pain, a common non-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD), may be due to variations in active contact location relative to some pain-reducing locus of stimulation. This study models and compares the loci of maximal effect for pain reduction and motor improvement in STN DBS. Methods We measured Movement Disorder Society Unified PD Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Part I pain score (item-9), and MDS-UPDRS Part III motor score, preoperatively and 6-12 months after STN DBS. An ordinary least-squares regression model was used to examine active contact location as a predictor of follow-up pain score while controlling for baseline pain, age, dopaminergic medication, and motor improvement. An atlas-independent isotropic electric field model was applied to distinguish sites of maximally effective stimulation for pain and motor improvement. Results In 74 PD patients, mean pain score significantly improved after STN DBS (p = 0.01). In a regression model, more dorsal active contact location was the only significant predictor of pain improvement (R2 = 0.17, p = 0.03). The stimulation locus for maximal pain improvement was lateral, anterior, and dorsal to that for maximal motor improvement. Conclusion STN stimulation, dorsal to the site of optimal motor improvement, improves pain. This region contains the zona incerta, which is known to modulate pain in humans, and may explain this observation.
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- Asra Askari
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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Komine S, Morizaki Y, Uehara K, Miura T, Ohe T, Tanaka S. Risk factors for residual pain after ligament reconstruction and tendon interposition on osteoarthritis of the first carpometacarpal joint. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 2022; 30:10225536221103301. [PMID: 35722961 DOI: 10.1177/10225536221103301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ligament reconstruction and tendon interposition (LRTI) is currently the most performed procedure for osteoarthritis (OA) of the thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) joint. In general, satisfactory outcomes are expected, although some patients complain of residual pain after LRTI. The objective of this study is to determine the factors associated with residual pain. METHOD All patients with OA of the thumb CMC joint who underwent LRTI at our hospital between October 2013 and October 2018 and were regularly observed for at least 1 year were included. The following variables were extracted and included in the univariate analysis: sex, age, dominant hand, pain visual analog scale (VAS) score, Eaton classification, grip strength, pulp pinch strength, and metacarpophalangeal joint hyperextension angle were recorded as variables. Mann-Whitney U test or Fisher exact test was used for univariate analysis of the above factors, and then multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to find out the factors associated with residual pain. RESULTS The study included 60 thumbs of 53 patients. Eleven thumbs had postoperative residual pain. The surgery on the dominant hand was significantly associated with the presence of postoperative residual pain, especially in males. CONCLUSIONS Dominant hand was associated with residual pain after LRTI for OA of the thumb CMC joint, although residual pain was minimal. Our findings will help in preoperative and postoperative counseling of patients. In the future, our results may also help select surgical procedures according to the patient's characteristics.
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- Sayaka Komine
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 26782University of Tokyo Hospital, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 26782University of Tokyo Hospital, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 26782University of Tokyo Hospital, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, JR Tokyo General Hospital, Shibuya-ku, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, 26782The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Ren Q, Yang Y, Wo Y, Lu X, Hu L. Different priming effects of empathy on neural processing associated with firsthand pain and nonpain perception. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2021; 1509:184-202. [PMID: 34877680 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The shared-representation model of empathy is still debated. One of the major questions is whether empathy-eliciting stimuli depicting others' pain selectively activate the representations of self-pain. To address this issue, we assessed the priming effects of empathy-eliciting pictures on firsthand pain and nonpain perception, as well as its associated neural processing. In Experiment 1, when compared with nonpainful pictures depicting individuals' body parts with no injury, participants primed by painful pictures showing individuals' body parts with injury reported higher ratings for perceived intensity, unpleasantness, and salience of nociceptive and auditory stimuli, but they only exhibited increased N2 amplitude in response to nociceptive stimuli. In Experiment 2, the results from another group of participants replicated the observations of Experiment 1 and validated the findings in the non-nociceptive somatosensory modality. Importantly, participants' concern ratings for priming pictures predicted their unpleasantness ratings for subsequent nociceptive stimuli, while participants' attention ratings predicted their unpleasantness ratings for subsequent auditory and tactile stimuli. This finding implies that empathy for pain might influence pain and nonpain perception via different psychological mechanisms. In summary, our findings highlight the existence of pain-selective representations in empathy for pain and contribute to a better understanding of the shared-representation model of empathy.
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- Qiaoyue Ren
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China.,Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,General and Experimental Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Centre for Mental Health Research in School of Management, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China.,Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China.,Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China.,Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Cortico-striatal-thalamic loop as a neural correlate of neuroticism in the mind-body interface. J Psychosom Res 2021; 149:110590. [PMID: 34385032 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although brain structural studies have demonstrated the neural correlates of neuroticism, the outcomes are not easily identified because of the various possible brain regions involved, low statistical power (low number of subjects), and brain structural measures available, such as mean diffusivity (MD), which are more suitable than standard regional measures of grey and white-matter volume (rGMV, rWMV) and fractional anisotropy (FA). We hypothesized that neuroticism neural correlates could be detected by MD and differentially identified using other measures. We aimed to visualize the neural correlates of neuroticism. METHODS A voxel-by-voxel regression analysis was performed using the MD, rGMV, rWMV, or FA value as the dependent variable and with neuroticism scores based on the NEO-FFI and its confounding factors as independent variables in 1207 (693 men and 514 women; age, 20.7 ± 1.8, 18-27 years), non-clinical students in a cross-sectional study. RESULTS MD in the cortico- (orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, and posterior insula) striatal- (caudate and putamen) thalamic loop regions, including the right posterior limb of the internal capsule, were positively associated with neuroticism using the threshold-free cluster enhancement method with a family-wise error-corrected threshold of P < 0.0125 (0.05/4, Bonferroni correction for four types of MRI data [MD, rGMV, rWMV, and FA]) at the whole-brain level. CONCLUSIONS An increased MD has generally been associated with reduced neural tissues and possibly area function. Accordingly, this finding helps elucidate the mechanism of somatization in neuroticism because the regions related to neuroticism are considered neural correlates of somatoform disorders.
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