A bi-directional assessment of the human brain-anorectal axis

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Remes Troche, J M ^a,b   Tantiphlachiva, K ^a,c   Attaluri, A ^a   Valestin, J ^a   Yamada, T ^a   Hamdy, S ^d   Rao, S S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorectal sensation; Brain gut; Cortical evoked potentials; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANORECTAL SENSATION; ANUS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ANORECTAL AXIS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551700691     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01619.x     Document Type: Article

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