Changes in regional homogeneity of brain activity in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a study with resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging
Objective To investigate the abnormalities in regional homogeneity of brain activity in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy(DPN) using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging(rs-fMRI) and explore the association between brain activity changes and DPN. Methods A regional homogeneity(ReHo) approach was used to compare the local synchronization of rs-fMRI signals among 20 patients with painful DPN, 16 patients with painless DPN, and 16 type 2 diabetic patients without DPN(non-DPN group). R...