Brain-Gut Interaction and Psychological Factors
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Functional bowel disorders are commonly referred to as gastrointestinal motility disorders or gastrointestinal sensory disorders. Autonomic control of gastrointestinal motility and sensory are thought to be modulated by central nerves system. Visceral pain sensitivity has been called a biological marker for Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Recently developed symptom-based criteria provide the tools necessary to make a diagnosis and treatments. Psychological factors infl uence pain thresholds in patients with IBS. Consistent with the observations in both patients and doctors that psychosocial disturbances seem to precede the onset or exacerbation of gut symptoms, researches have consistently found high levels of emotional distress in a proportion of patients with IBS and other functional gastrointestinal disorders. The precise underlying pathophysiology of IBS remains unknown. This article is a review of the psychological infl uences on visceral perception for background of IBS.
Authors: Toyohiro Hamaguchi, Shin Fukudo
Institution: Niigata University of Health and Welfare
Language: English
Subfield: Gastroenterology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W61316023