The influence of interoceptive awareness on functional connectivity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1117-1128

  Longarzo, Mariachiara ^a   Quarantelli, M ^b   Aiello, M ^c   Romano, M ^a   Del Prete, A ^a   Cimminiello, C ^a   Cocozza, S ^d   Olivo, G ^d   Loguercio, C ^a   Trojano, L ^a   Grossi, D ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Default mode network; Functional connectivity; Insula; Interoception; Irritable bowel syndrome; Rs fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INSULA; INTEROCEPTION; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTEROCEPTION; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990831656     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-016-9595-5     Document Type: Article

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