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

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 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，以及在患有肠易激综合征的女性中，是否存在从某些神经通路到大脑的刺激意识的特定改变。要研究的两种刺激是直肠内气囊扩张和皮肤刺激。

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.