MENSTRUAL CYCLE & IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME ON CNS: PROCESSING OF GUT STIMULI

本子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的众多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能已经从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是中心的，不一定是研究者的机构。本研究的目的是确定月经周期对女性大脑处理刺激的影响，以及肠易激综合征女性对某些神经通路到大脑的刺激的意识是否有特定的改变。要研究的两种刺激是直肠球囊膨胀和皮肤刺激。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the menstrual cycle on the processing of stimuli by the brain in women and whether there is a specific alteration in awareness of stimuli from certain nerve pathways to the brain in women with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The two stimuli to be studied are balloon distension in the rectum and skin stimulation.