目的:分析带状疱疹后神经痛(post herpetic neuralgia,PHN)患者与对照者脑电功率与频率的差异,探讨神经病理性疼痛的发生机制.方法:对PHN患者与对照者进行视觉模拟疼痛评分(visual analogue scale,VAS)、Beck焦虑量表、Beck抑郁量表,记录闭目状态128导脑电图20 min.采用傅里叶变换计算功率谱及功率峰值、频率峰值.结果:①两组间焦虑抑郁状态患病人数无显著性差异.②病例组功率峰值较对照组增高(P<0.01);7~13Hz功率在双侧额、中央、顶、枕区均增高(P<0.05);功率峰值与VAS呈线性正相关,Pearson相关系数为0.58 (P<0.05).③病例组频率峰值较对照组有降低趋势.结论:PHN患者存在脑的广泛激活,而且激活程度与疼痛程度呈正相关.PHN患者频率峰值有降低趋势,可能与异常的丘脑皮层节律有关.
Objective:To analyze electroencephalogram (EEG) power and frequency difference between post herpetic neuralgia (PHN) patients and healthy controls,aiming to investigate the neuronetwork mechanism of neuropathic pain.Methods:Both PHN patients and controls were examined with visual analogue scale (VAS),Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI),Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and recorded with 128-channel EEG under eye-closed state for 20 min.EEG power spectrum,as well as peak power and peak frequency,was calculated by the method of fast Fourier transform.Results:① There was no significant difference in the prevalence of anxiety and depression between PHN patients and controls.② PHN patients showed elevated peak power (P < 0.01).The increased electrical power within 7 ~ 13 Hz were diffusely located in bilateral frontal,temporal,parietal and occipital regions (P < 0.05).The peak power in PHN patients had positive correlation with the VAS (Pearson correlation coefficient 0.58,P < 0.05).③ PHN patients showed a trend of decrease in peak frequency compared with controls.Conclusions:PHN patients show wide activation of the brain regions,and the activation degree positively correlates with the pain severity.Peak frequency of PHN patients shows a trend of decrease,which may associate with thalamocortical dysrhythmia.