Functional Connectivity Differences Underly Variable Centralized Symptom Relief After Hysterectomy
Natalie J. McLain, Chelsea M. Kaplan, Steven E. Harte, Melissa E Lenert, Julia M. Evanski, Esmeralda Hidalgo‐Lopez, Maximillian K. Egan, Eric Ichesco, Richard Edmund Harris, Jason J. Kutch, Daniel Joseph Clauw, Sawsan As‐Sanie, Andrew Schrepf
The paper examines functional connectivity differences between women with and without improvement in centralized symptoms after hysterectomy, finding increased connectivity in pain integration regions and decreased connectivity in pain modulation regions in non-improvers.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience