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Fmri Findings in MTBI Patients with Headaches Following Rtms www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN fMRI fndings in MTBI patients with headaches following rTMS Michael Vaninetti1,2,3*, Mike Lim2, Aladdin Khalaf2, Valerie Metzger‑Smith2, Matthew Flowers2, Alphonsa Kunnel2, Eric Yang2, David Song4, Lisa Lin5, Alice Tsai5, Roland Lee6,7, Shahrokh Golshan8 & Albert Leung1,2,3 Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) patients with persistent headaches are known to have diminished supraspinal modulatory connectivity from their prefrontal cortices. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is able to alleviate MTBI‑related headache (MTBI‑HA). This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study assessed supraspinal correlates associated with the headache analgesic efect of rTMS at left prefrontal cortex (LPFC), hypothesizing real rTMS would signifcantly increase modulatory functions at LPFC in comparison to sham treatment. Subjects with MTBI‑HA were randomized to receive either real or sham rTMS treatments and subjected to pre‑ and post‑treatment resting state and evoked heat‑pain fMRI as described in a prior study. Real rTMS consisted of 2000 pulses delivered at 10 Hz and 80% of the resting motor threshold at left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, whereas sham treatment was delivered with same fgure‑of‑eight coil turned 180 degrees. Follow‑up fMRI was performed one‑week post‑treatment. All fMRI data was processed using BrainVoyager QX Software. 14 subjects receiving real and 12 subjects receiving sham treatments completed the study. The REAL group demonstrated signifcant (P < 0.02) decreases in headache frequency and intensity at one week following treatment. fMRI scans in the REAL group showed increased evoked heat pain activity (P < 0.002) and resting functional connectivity (P < 0.0001) at the LPFC after rTMS. Neither this signifcant analgesic efect nor these fMRI fndings were seen in the sham group. Sham treatment was, however, associated with a decrease in resting state activity at the LPFC (P < 0.0001). This study correlates the demonstrated analgesic efect of rTMS in the treatment of MTBI‑HA with enhanced supraspinal functional connectivity in the left prefrontal cortex, which is known to be involved in “top‑ down” pain inhibition along the descending midbrain‑thalamic‑cingulate pathway. Trial Registration: This study was registered on September 24, 2013, on ClinicalTrials.gov with the identifer: NCT01948947. https:// clini caltr ials. gov/ ct2/ show/ NCT01 948947. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and disability worldwide 1,2. Te majority of traumatic brain injuries are classifed as mild traumatic brain injuries (MTBI) based on clinical presentation and a variety of classifcation systems3. MTBI can cause cognitive impairment, headache, nausea, and alterations in mood, among other symptoms. Unfortunately, medication management for this condition has shown limited efcacy, while the medications most ofen used can cause signifcant physical, psychosomatic, and abusive side efects4–6. In addition to pain and sufering on an individual level, the syndrome also carries a large societal impact in the form of loss of days of work, reduced productivity, and loss of employment, especially since it is most prevalent in younger individuals. Neuropathic pain results from damage, disease, or dysfunction of the somatosensory nervous system. Tis dysfunction can involve cerebral, spinal, or peripheral pain signaling or modulating pathways, or a combination of these. Tere is increasing evidence indicating a neuropathic mechanism underlying MTBI-related headache (MTBI-HA)7–9. Specifcally, our group previously demonstrated diminished supraspinal pain modulation in patients sufering from MTBI-HA10. Tese supraspinal modulatory functional changes are thought to be mediated by several processes, including microscopic difuse axonal injury limiting communication between cerebral pain modulatory regions, reduced cortical excitability and conductivity in these regions as evidenced by increased 1Anesthesiology, UC San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. 2Center for Pain and Headache Research, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. 3Anesthesia Pain Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. 4VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. 5Physical and Rehab Medicine, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. 6Radiology, UC San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. 7VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. 8Biostatistics Core, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. *email: mvaninetti@ health.ucsd.edu Scientifc Reports | (2021) 11:9573 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89118-2 1 Vol.:(0123456789) www.nature.com/scientificreports/ resting motor thresholds, and relative hypoperfusion of key cortical relay regions such as the basal ganglia, which is responsible for messaging between pain modulatory cortical areas and the limbic system 11–14. Tese phenomena afecting pain modulation, especially with regard to the prefrontal cortices (PFC) with correlated white matter tract defcits, are hypothesized to play an important part in the development of head pain states in this patient population, and further add to the notion that MTBI-HA is a true neuropathic pain state15. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is being increasingly shown to be efective and is gain- ing clinical traction as a viable treatment for a variety of neuropathic pain states, one of which is MTBI-HA. In addition to demonstrating reduced supraspinal pain modulation in MTBI-HA patients, our group also previously demonstrated that rTMS can reduce headache symptoms and provide transient mood enhancement in these patients10,15. Te current study aims to investigate whether these symptomatic improvements following rTMS also correlate with increased, or restored, supraspinal pain modulatory functional connectivities. Such an efect could explain a therapeutic mechanism of rTMS in MTBI-HA. Furthermore, if such changes are found, this study aims to characterize which supraspinal modulatory areas are most impacted by the treatment, advancing our understanding of the mechanisms behind this difcult to treat neuropathic pain condition, and potentially identifying additional cortical regions as treatment targets for rTMS. We hypothesized that real rTMS at PFC would signifcantly increase functional connectivity at the PFC in comparison to sham treatment. In addition, this increase of activity would correlate with MTBI-HA symptom improvement in response to the real treatment. Methods A single-center, two-arm, interventional randomized clinical trial was conducted with parallel assignment in which subjects were blinded to the treatment group. All assessments and treatments were conducted at a veteran’s hospital and MRI scans were conducted at the hospital afliated university in California, USA. Initial recruiting. Patients who had previously been given a diagnosis of MTBI-HA by a licensed neurolo- gist in a dedicated TBI clinic were subsequently consented, screened, and enrolled by the current study principal investigator (PI) based on the study protocol approved by the Institutional Human Subject Protection Commit- tee. All methods were carried out in accordance with the approved protocol and good clinical practices. Indi- viduals were recruited with the following inclusion criteria: male or female age between 18 to 60 (maximum age reduced from 65 to 60 as compared to original clinical study to minimize age-related fMRI changes); history of MTBI; and the established diagnosis of chronic post-traumatic headache due to mild head injury based on the ICHD-216,17 diagnostic criteria as follows (ICHD-2 was the most recent set of criteria at the time of the study): A. Headache, no typical characteristics known, fulflling criteria C and D. B. Head trauma includes the following: 1. Either no loss of consciousness or loss of consciousness of <30 minutes in duration 2. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) >13 3. Symptoms and/or signs diagnostic of concussion as discussed in the below diagnostic criteria of MTBI C. Headache occurs within 7 days afer head trauma. D. Headache persists for > 3 months afer head trauma. Additional headache inclusion criteria consisted of an average chronic persistent daily (24/7) headache inten- sity greater than 30 on a 0–100 mechanical visual analog scale (M-VAS) at the screening visit (Visit 1)18; and an average intensity of this chronic persistent headache greater than 3/10 on a numerical rating scale (NRS) reported in the headache diary flled out daily by the subjects between Visit 1 and their MRI scans at Visit 2. MTBI diag- nosis was based on the published criteria from the 1993 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and recent recommendation from the Department of Defense. Exclusion criteria included: history of pacemaker implant; pregnancy; ferromagnetic material such as shrap- nel, bullet fragments or implanted devices in the body, incompatible with MRI procedures; history of life-threat- ening diseases, dementia or major psychiatric illnesses; documented diagnosis of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Mississippi Scale for PTSD score greater than or equal to 130; documented Major Depression or Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression score greater than or equal to 19; presence of any other chronic neuropathic pain states or neurological diseases such as seizure; involvement of litigation; inability to understand the study instruction and communicate
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