The role of psychological stress in inflammatory bowel disease

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 327-336

  Mawdsley, Joel E ^a   Rampton, David S ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel disease; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

BRAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLITIS; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENTERITIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE; HEREDITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MAST CELL; MENTAL STRESS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAPSE; REMISSION; REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548077178     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104861     Document Type: Review

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