Background: Recent neuroimaging studies have investigated the brain involvement in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Functional studies found abnormalities in cognitive and emotional functions in CD and UC, while a voxel based morphometry (VBM) study found morphological changes in CD. We conducted a VBM study to compare the gray matter (GM) volume of UC patients and controls. Methods: Eighteen UC patients in remission and eighteen healthy controls underwent structural MRI. VBM is a fully automated technique allowing identification of regional differences in the amount of GM, which enables an objective analysis of the whole brain. VBM was used for comparisons between patients and controls. Results: UC patients were all in remission and had a mild clinical course. There were no differences between patients and controls in GM volume. Conclusion: The brain morphology of patients with UC in remission is similar to controls. The lack of GM abnormalities in UC patients might reflect the mild clinical course of the inflammatory bowel disorder. Further research involving patients with different degrees of disease severity or during flares could shed more light on potential brain structural changes in UC.

Absence of change in the gray matter volume of patients with ulcerative colitis in remission: a voxel based morphometry study / Agostini, Alessandro; Campieri, Massimo; Bertani, Angela; Scarcelli, Antonella; Ballotta, Daniela; Calabrese, Carlo; Rizzello, Fernando; Gionchetti, Paolo; Nichelli, Paolo Frigio; Benuzzi, Francesca. - In: BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 1751-0759. - ELETTRONICO. - 9:1(2015), pp. 1-4. [10.1186/s13030-014-0028-7]

Absence of change in the gray matter volume of patients with ulcerative colitis in remission: a voxel based morphometry study

BERTANI, Angela;Ballotta, Daniela;NICHELLI, Paolo Frigio;BENUZZI, Francesca
2015

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Background: Recent neuroimaging studies have investigated the brain involvement in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Functional studies found abnormalities in cognitive and emotional functions in CD and UC, while a voxel based morphometry (VBM) study found morphological changes in CD. We conducted a VBM study to compare the gray matter (GM) volume of UC patients and controls. Methods: Eighteen UC patients in remission and eighteen healthy controls underwent structural MRI. VBM is a fully automated technique allowing identification of regional differences in the amount of GM, which enables an objective analysis of the whole brain. VBM was used for comparisons between patients and controls. Results: UC patients were all in remission and had a mild clinical course. There were no differences between patients and controls in GM volume. Conclusion: The brain morphology of patients with UC in remission is similar to controls. The lack of GM abnormalities in UC patients might reflect the mild clinical course of the inflammatory bowel disorder. Further research involving patients with different degrees of disease severity or during flares could shed more light on potential brain structural changes in UC.
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Absence of change in the gray matter volume of patients with ulcerative colitis in remission: a voxel based morphometry study / Agostini, Alessandro; Campieri, Massimo; Bertani, Angela; Scarcelli, Antonella; Ballotta, Daniela; Calabrese, Carlo; Rizzello, Fernando; Gionchetti, Paolo; Nichelli, Paolo Frigio; Benuzzi, Francesca. - In: BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 1751-0759. - ELETTRONICO. - 9:1(2015), pp. 1-4. [10.1186/s13030-014-0028-7]
Agostini, Alessandro; Campieri, Massimo; Bertani, Angela; Scarcelli, Antonella; Ballotta, Daniela; Calabrese, Carlo; Rizzello, Fernando; Gionchetti, P...espandi
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