Autonomic function at rest and in response to emotional and rectal stimuli in women with irritable bowel syndrome

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1652-1659

  Spetalen, Signe ^a,b   Sandvik, Leiv ^b   Blomhoff, Svein ^a   Jacobsen, Morten B ^c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Irritable bowel syndrome; Parasympathetic nervous system; Sympathetic nervous system; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REST; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; REST; SKIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 43049124452     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-0066-0     Document Type: Article

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