Genetic mechanisms underlying local spontaneous brain activity in episodic migraine

Copyright © 2024 Gui, Lu, Fu, Deng, Zhao, Cheng, Yang and Wang..

Advances in neuroimaging techniques during the past few decades have captured impaired functional brain activity in migraine disorders, yet the molecular mechanisms accounting for its alterations in migraine remain largely unknown. A total of 27 patients with episodic migraine (EM) and 30 matched healthy controls (HCs) underwent resting-state functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Regional homogeneity (ReHo), low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF), and fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF) of fMRI were compared between the two groups. Based on the Allen Human Brain Atlas and risk genes in migraine, we identified gene expression profiles associated with ReHo alterations in EM. Compared with HCs, patients with EM showed increased ReHo in the left orbital part of the superior frontal gyrus (P < 0.05, cluster-level FWE-corrected). The expression profiles of 16 genes were significantly correlated with ReHo alterations in EM (P < 0.05/5,013, Bonferroni corrected). These genes were mainly enriched for transcription regulation, synaptic transmission, energy metabolism, and migraine disorders. Furthermore, the neural activation was positively correlated with Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAMA) scores. To test the stability of our results, we repeated our procedure by using ALFF and fALFF and found these results had a high degree of consistency. Overall, these findings not only demonstrated that regional brain activity was increased in patients with EM, which was associated with emotional regulation but also provided new insights into the genetic mechanisms underlying these changes in migraine.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in neuroscience - 18(2024) vom: 12., Seite 1348591

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gui, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Fengqing [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Lulan [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Ziru [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Xiuxiu [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Wenwen [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Allen Human Brain Atlas
Functional MRI
Gene
Journal Article
Migraine
Regional homogeneity

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Date Revised 22.02.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fnins.2024.1348591

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368697851