Overview of functional gastrointestinal disorders: Dysfunction of the brain-gut axis

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 463-476

  Mertz, Howard R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; IRRITABLE COLON; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038726073     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8553(03)00019-0     Document Type: Review

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