Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Study to Investigate Differences in the Structure and the Function of the Brain at Rest; Between Persons With Functional Pain Conditions Such as IBS or Vulvodynia, I
Brief Summary:
The structural/RSN study involves Structural and Resting State Neuroimaging. The purpose of Structural Neuroimaging is to use MRI technology to identify cortical and white matter morphometric differences between patients with chronic pain conditions and healthy control subjects.
The purpose of the Resting State Neuroimaging study is to use functional MRI to identify possible disease related differences in various resting state networks in the brain.
In addition we are looking at the effect gut microbiota on brain function in healthy and IBS participants.
The overall goal is to identify structural and functional brain differences in persons with chronic pain conditions such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS, Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome(CVS) and vestibulodynia/vulvodynia. We are also looking at Inflammatory Bowel Disease(ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. We will be comparing differences between these conditions and matched healthy control subjects.