AIM:To compare hippocampus and amygdala volumes of patients with vaginismus with those of healthy control subjects.METHODS:Magnetic resonance imaging was performed on ten patients with vaginismus and ten control subje...AIM:To compare hippocampus and amygdala volumes of patients with vaginismus with those of healthy control subjects.METHODS:Magnetic resonance imaging was performed on ten patients with vaginismus and ten control subjects matched for age and gender.Volumes of the hippocampus and amygdala were blindly measured.RESULTS:We found that the mean right amygdala volume of patients with vaginismus were smaller than that of the healthy controls.With regard to hippocampus volumes,the mean left and right hippocampus volumes were smaller than those of the healthy controls.CONCLUSION:Our present findings suggest that there have been hippocampus and amygdala structural abnormalities in patients with vaginismus.These changes provide the notion that vaginismus may be a fear-related condition.展开更多
Background: Given that on the one side considerable similarities between hypochondriasis and obsessive- compulsive disorder (OCD) by means of sharing a number of features, including intrusive thoughts and repeated che...Background: Given that on the one side considerable similarities between hypochondriasis and obsessive- compulsive disorder (OCD) by means of sharing a number of features, including intrusive thoughts and repeated checking (Barsky, 1992), on the other side similar structural neuroimaging data that found hypochondriac patients to have significantly smaller mean left and right OFC, and greater left thalamus volumes compared to those of healthy controls. Aims: We considered to investigate the hippocampal neurochemicals, found changed in OCD patients, in hypochondriac patients. Methods: Fifteen patients with hypochondriasis, recruited from our out- or in-patient clinics, were compared with 15 healthy control comparisons in regard to proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) imaging of hippocampus. Results: The patients with hypochondriasis had lower right and left NAA/CHO, and NAA/CRE, and near-significant lower right CHO/CRE hippocampal ratios than healthy matched comparison subjects. Conclusion: The data of the present investigation in patients with hypochondriasis provide preliminary evidence of lower right and left NAA/CHO, and NAA/CRE, near-significant lower right CHO/CRE hippocampal ratios, revealing neurochemical alterations in hippocampus and a further support the notion that hypochondriasis shares a variety of neurobiological similarities with OCD.展开更多
文摘AIM:To compare hippocampus and amygdala volumes of patients with vaginismus with those of healthy control subjects.METHODS:Magnetic resonance imaging was performed on ten patients with vaginismus and ten control subjects matched for age and gender.Volumes of the hippocampus and amygdala were blindly measured.RESULTS:We found that the mean right amygdala volume of patients with vaginismus were smaller than that of the healthy controls.With regard to hippocampus volumes,the mean left and right hippocampus volumes were smaller than those of the healthy controls.CONCLUSION:Our present findings suggest that there have been hippocampus and amygdala structural abnormalities in patients with vaginismus.These changes provide the notion that vaginismus may be a fear-related condition.
文摘Background: Given that on the one side considerable similarities between hypochondriasis and obsessive- compulsive disorder (OCD) by means of sharing a number of features, including intrusive thoughts and repeated checking (Barsky, 1992), on the other side similar structural neuroimaging data that found hypochondriac patients to have significantly smaller mean left and right OFC, and greater left thalamus volumes compared to those of healthy controls. Aims: We considered to investigate the hippocampal neurochemicals, found changed in OCD patients, in hypochondriac patients. Methods: Fifteen patients with hypochondriasis, recruited from our out- or in-patient clinics, were compared with 15 healthy control comparisons in regard to proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) imaging of hippocampus. Results: The patients with hypochondriasis had lower right and left NAA/CHO, and NAA/CRE, and near-significant lower right CHO/CRE hippocampal ratios than healthy matched comparison subjects. Conclusion: The data of the present investigation in patients with hypochondriasis provide preliminary evidence of lower right and left NAA/CHO, and NAA/CRE, near-significant lower right CHO/CRE hippocampal ratios, revealing neurochemical alterations in hippocampus and a further support the notion that hypochondriasis shares a variety of neurobiological similarities with OCD.
