Stress and the gastrointestinal tract

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 332-339

  Bhatia, Vikram ^a   Tandon, Rakesh K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor; Emotional motor system; Glucocorticoids; Mast cells; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; EMOTION; ENTERITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAST CELL; MOTOR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; STOMACH EMPTYING; STRESS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 16344378614     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03508.x     Document Type: Review

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