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Objective To explore the functional connectivity (FC) of the fronto-striatal circuitry in patients with bulimia nervosa (BN) based on the resting-state fMRI and its correlation with the inhibitory function.Methods 27 medication-naive female patients with BN and 27 age-and education-matched female healthy control subjects were included in the study.All the subjects performed a stop signal task (SST) and underwent the resting-state fMRI scan,separately.The FC between striatal subregions and the frontal cortex was analyzed.Results Compared with healthy controls,FC between the right ventral rostral putamen (VRP) and the right supplementary motor areas (SMA) decreased (MNI coordinate:x =3,y =-15,z =51,K =27) in patients with BN.And the FC was also decreased between the right VRP and premotor area(PM) (MNI coordinate:x =27,y =0,z =57,K =44).FC between bilateral dorsal caudal putamen (DCP) (MNI coordinate:x=21,y=-6,z=48,K=43) and the right PM(MNI coordinate:x=21,y=-12,z=57,K=24) was decreased in patients with BN (P＜0.05,Alphasim corrected,voxel P＜0.005,clusters ≥ 20 voxels).FC between the right VRP and right SMA was negatively correlated with the stop signal reaction time (SSRT) in patients with BN (r=-0.595,P=0.004).The FC between right DCP and right PM was positively correlated with the impulsivity regulation subscale scores of the Eating Disorder Inventory-Ⅱ in patients with BN(r=0.483,P=0.023).Conclusion There is disrupted FC between the striatum and motor cortex in medication-naive female patients with BN based on resting-state fMRI,which may be related to impaired inhibitory control in patients with BN.
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Objective:To evaluate the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire 6.0 (EDE-Q 6.0) in female patients with eating disorders.Methods:A total of 239 patients with eating disorder and 142 healthy controls who were recruited consented to participate in the study and completed Chinese EDE-Q 6.0.Confirmatory factor analysis was used in patients to compare the original 4-factor model,1-factor model and 3-factor model.The criterion validity was tested with the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI).Mann-Whitney U analysis was used to compare the differences of EDE-Q 6.0 scores on the two samples to test the empirical validity,and ROC analysis was used to determine the cut-off value.The internal consistency of the scale was tested in two samples.Among all participants,89 patients and 31 healthy controls were retested 1 month later.Results:The original 4-factor model fit better than the other two.The EDE-Q 6.0 total score and the EDI total score had a high consistency in the total sample,patients and controls,respectively (ICC =0.88,0.87,0.73).Patients had higher scores on the EDE-Q 6.0 than controls (Ps ＜0.01).The mean area under the curve (AUC) of EDE-Q 6.0 was 0.91,the optimal cut-off point of EDE-Q 6.0 was total score ≥ 1.27,sensitivity and specificity were 79.4％ and 88.2％ respectively.The Cronbach α coefficients were 0.95,0.91,and 0.88 for the total sample,patients and controls respectively.The test-retest reliabilities were 0.73 for the total scale,0.58,0.68,0.69 and 0.71 for the 4 factors.Conclusion:The Chinese version of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire 6.0 have good psychometric properties and diagnosis accuracy,and it could be used to assess the severity of clinical symptoms.
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Objective To investigate the efficacy of Ginkgo injection combined with west medicine in the treatment of ischemic stroke.Methods 90 patients with ischemic stroke were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group.West medical routine treatments were used in the two groups,and Ginkgo injection was given additionally to the treatment group.Results The Total effective rate of the treatment group and the control group was 93.3% and 82.2% respectively,showing remarkable difference.No obvious adverse effects were observed during the course of therapy.Conclusion The treatment of ischemic stroke by thempy Ginkgo injection combined with west medicine is reliable and effective.Therefore it should be widely adopted and applied.