Brain and gut interactions in irritable bowel syndrome: new paradigms and new understandings.
Brain and gut interactions in irritable bowel syndrome: new paradigms and new understandings.
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肠易激综合症中的大脑和肠相互作用:新的范式和新的理解。
DOI:
10.1007/s11894-014-0379-z
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发表时间:
2014-04
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Rao SS
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作者:
Coss-Adame E;Rao SS
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is characterized by abdominal pain and altered bowel habits. Visceral hypersensitivity is believed to be a key underlying mechanism that causes pain. There is evidence that interactions within the brain and gut axis (BGA) that involves both, the afferent-ascending and the efferent-descending pathways as well as the somatosensory cortex, insula, amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex and hippocampus are deranged in IBS showing both the activation and inactivation. Clinical manifestations of IBS such as pain, altered gut motility and psychological dysfunction may each be explained, in part through the changes in the BGA but there is conflicting information and its precise role is not fully understood. A better understanding of the BGA may shed more knowledge regarding the pathophysiology of IBS that in turn may lead to the discovery of novel therapies for this common disorder.