The Application of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in an Infant Rat Model of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Table 1

Activation of visceral pain-related areas in rats.

	ACC	IC	PFC	THAL
IBS model (5 mL air inflation)	1	0	1*	1*
IBS model (10 mL air inflation)	1	1	2*	3*
Control (5 mL air inflation)	0	0	0	0
Control (10 mL air inflation)	1	0	0	1

∗(𝑃<0.05).
ACC: anterior cingulate cortex; IC: insula cortex; PFC: prefrontal cortex; and THAL: thalamus.