The Altered Functional Status in Vestibular Migraine: A Meta-analysis

Overview

Journal Brain Behav

Specialty Psychology

Date 2024 Jun 8

PMID 38849984

Authors

Junyong Du

Yong Liu

Wenhao Zhu

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Abstract

Purpose: Vestibular migraine (VM) is a disorder with prominent vestibular symptoms that are causally correlated with migraine and is the most prevalent neurological cause of episodic vertigo. Nevertheless, the functional underpinnings of VM remain largely unclear. This study aimed to reveal concordant alteration patterns of functional connectivity (FC) in VM patients.

Methods: We searched literature measuring resting-state FC abnormalities of VM patients in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and Scopus databases before May 2023. Furthermore, we applied the anisotropic effect size-signed differential mapping (AES-SDM) to conduct a whole-brain voxel-wise meta-analysis to identify the convergence of FC alterations in VM patients.

Results: Nine studies containing 251 VM patients and 257 healthy controls (HCs) were included. Relative to HCs, VM patients showed reduced activity in the left superior temporal gyrus and left midcingulate/paracingulate gyri, and increased activity in the precuneus, right superior parietal gyrus, and right middle frontal gyrus. Jackknife's analysis and subgroup analysis further supported the generalization and robustness of the main results. Furthermore, meta-regression analyses indicated that the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) ratings were positively correlated with the activity in the precuneus, while higher Headache Impact Test-6 and DHI scores were associated with lower activity within the left midcingulate/paracingulate gyri.

Conclusions: The study indicates that VM is associated with specific functional deficits of VM patients in crucial regions involved in the vestibular and pain networks and provides further information on the pathophysiological mechanisms of VM.

Citing Articles

The altered functional status in vestibular migraine: A meta-analysis.

Du J, Liu Y, Zhu W Brain Behav. 2024; 14(6):e3591.

PMID: 38849984 PMC: 11161393. DOI: 10.1002/brb3.3591.

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