Fig. 2.

Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) metabolite levels in healthy controls (HC) and urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) patients. a) Plot depicting individual choline levels relative to total creatine (TCre) in the two groups. b) Plot depicting individual GABA levels in the two groups in arbitrary institutional units (AIU). Open circles are healthy controls and closed circles represent patients. Horizontal lines represent mean metabolite levels within a group. P values from independent samples t-tests are shown above each figure. * indicates that the result survives correction for multiple comparisons (i.e. p < 0.0125).