Modular organization of brain resting state networks in patients with classical trigeminal neuralgia

• Published in: NeuroImage clinical Vol. 24; p. 102027
• Main Authors: Tsai, Yuan-Hsiung, Liang, Xia, Yang, Jen-Tsung, Hsu, Li-Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.01.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Facial Pain - etiology; Facial Pain - surgery; Female; Functional MRI; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Modular organization; Nerve Net - diagnostic imaging; Neural Pathways - diagnostic imaging; Neurosurgical Procedures; Pain chronification; Prospective Studies; Radiofrequency rhizotomy; Radiology; Radiosurgery - methods; Regular; Rest; Rhizotomy; Treatment Outcome; Trigeminal neuralgia; Trigeminal Neuralgia - diagnostic imaging; Trigeminal Neuralgia - surgery; Functional MRI; Modular organization; Trigeminal neuralgia; Radiofrequency rhizotomy; Pain chronification

•Sensorimotor network and default mode network activities were lower in trigeminal neuralgia patients and increased after surgery.•Higher communication between the default mode network module and other modules before surgery was associated with better treatment response.•Subcortical modules was asso...