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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Sex Differences in the Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent Signal to Placebo Analgesia and Nocebo Hyperalgesia in Experimental Pain: A Functional MRI Study
Jianming Yang1  Hongrui Zhan2  Yu Shi4  Guiyuan Cai4  Yanyan Zeng4  Wen Wu4  Shimin Huang4 
[1] Department of Radiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China;Department of Rehabilitation, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China;Department of Rehabilitation, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China;Rehabilitation Medical School, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China;
关键词: placebo;    nocebo;    sex differences;    functional connectivity;    reward system;    anxiety;   
DOI  :  10.3389/fnbeh.2021.657517
来源: DOAJ
【 摘 要 】

ObjectivePlacebo as well as nocebo responses are widely found in scientific research and clinical practice. Growing evidence suggests sex differences in placebo as well as nocebo responses. However, data concerning this question are still insufficient. This study examined whether the BOLD signals of two responses, as measured with functional MRI (fMRI), differ by sex under conditions of equivalent experimental pain perception.MethodThirty-one healthy volunteers (14 female) underwent two fMRI scans, once during a placebo intervention and once during a nocebo intervention, pseudorandomly ordered, in an acute lower back pain (ALBP) model. We collected visual analog scale (VAS) data after each scanning. fMRI data from different sex groups were subjected to functional connectivity (FC) analysis and behavioral correlation analysis (BCA).ResultsThe results showed statistical differences in VAS scores between male and female participants, in both placebo and nocebo responses. Both groups also showed reduced FC in the pain-associated network of the placebo response and elevated FC in the pain-related network of the nocebo response. However, in the placebo condition, male participants displayed increased FC in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, parahippocampal gyrus (PHP), and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), while female participants showed increased FC in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, hippocampal gyrus (HP), and insular cortex (IC). In the nocebo condition, male participants showed decreased FC in the PCC and HP, while female participants displayed decreased FC in the mid-cingulate cortex, thalamus (THS), and HP. The BCA results of the two groups were also different.ConclusionWe found that the endogenous opioid system and reward circuit play a key role in sex differences of placebo response and that anxiety and its secondary reactions may cause the sex differences of nocebo response.

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