Sympathetic (electrodermal) activity during repeated maximal rectal distensions in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and constipation

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-52

  Walter, S ^a,b   Bodemar, G ^b   Hallbook O ^b   Thorell, L H ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Constipation; Irritable bowel syndrome; Rectal distensions; Skin conductance; Sympathetic; Visceral hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE DISTENSION; IRRITABILITY; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RECTUM; SKIN;

EID: 37249011915     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2007.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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