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Cerebral Activity Changes in Different Traditional Chinese Medicine Patterns of Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction Patients
Joint Authors
Li, Zhengjie
Dong, Minghao
Qin, Wei
Liu, Qi
Zhang, Peihai
Pan, Junjie
Liu, Jixin
Li, Guangsen
You, Yaodong
Yu, Xujun
Guo, Jun
Chang, Degui
Gong, Qiyong
Sun, Jinbo
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Pattern differentiation is the foundation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED).
This study aims to investigate the differences in cerebral activity in ED patients with different TCM patterns.
Methods.
27 psychogenic ED patients and 27 healthy subjects (HS) were enrolled in this study.
Each participant underwent an fMRI scan in resting state.
The fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (fALFF) was used to detect the brain activity changes in ED patients with different patterns.
Results.
Compared to HS, ED patients showed an increased cerebral activity in bilateral cerebellum, insula, globus pallidus, parahippocampal gyrus, orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and middle cingulate cortex (MCC).
Compared to the patients with liver-qi stagnation and spleen deficiency pattern (LSSDP), the patients with kidney-yang deficiency pattern (KDP) showed an increased activity in bilateral brainstem, cerebellum, hippocampus, and the right insula, thalamus, MCC, and a decreased activity in bilateral putamen, medial frontal gyrus, temporal pole, and the right caudate nucleus, OFC, anterior cingulate cortex, and posterior cingulate cortex (P<0.005).
Conclusions.
The ED patients with different TCM patterns showed different brain activities.
The differences in cerebral activity between LSSDP and KDP were mainly in the emotion-related regions, including prefrontal cortex and cingulated cortex.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Liu, Qi& Zhang, Peihai& Pan, Junjie& Li, Zhengjie& Liu, Jixin& Li, Guangsen…[et al.]. 2015. Cerebral Activity Changes in Different Traditional Chinese Medicine Patterns of Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction Patients. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061567
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Liu, Qi…[et al.]. Cerebral Activity Changes in Different Traditional Chinese Medicine Patterns of Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction Patients. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061567
American Medical Association (AMA)
Liu, Qi& Zhang, Peihai& Pan, Junjie& Li, Zhengjie& Liu, Jixin& Li, Guangsen…[et al.]. Cerebral Activity Changes in Different Traditional Chinese Medicine Patterns of Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction Patients. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061567
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1061567