Role of anxiety in the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome: Importance of the amygdala

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2009, Pages

  Myers, Brent ^a,b   Greenwood Van Meerveld, Beverley ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Corticosterone; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Irritable bowel syndrome; Visceral hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865422250     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.21.002.2009     Document Type: Review

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