Gout Is Not Just Arthritis: Abnormal Cortical Thickness and Structural Covariance Networks in Gout

Conclusion: This is the first study on changes in brain cortical thickness and SCN based on graph theory in patients with gout. The present study found that, compared with healthy controls, gout patients show regional cortical thinning or thickening, and variation in the properties of the cortical thickness covariance network also changed. These alterations may be the combined effect of disease damage and physiological compensation. More research is needed to fully understand the complex underlying mechanisms of gout brain variation.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - Category: Neurology Source Type: research