29Sep 2021
Neuroimaging of situational urgency and incontinence provoked by personal urgency cues

Neuroimaging of situational urgency and incontinence provoked by personal urgency cues

Here we investigate the neural signatures associated with such situational triggers to inform potential therapies for reducing reactivity to these personal urgency‐related cues among women with situational UUI. We recruited 23 women with situational UUI who took photographs of their personal “urgency trigger” and “safe” situations and were exposed to them in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. We found that, during urgency image exposure, main components of the attention network and decision‐related processes, the middle and medial frontal gyri, were more active. Using brain and behavioral‐based therapies which target the attentional areas identified here and extinguish cue reactivity might reduce symptom burden in this subset of UUI sufferers.

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