Learned Fear of Gastrointestinal Sensations in Healthy Adults

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1552-1558.e2

  Ceunen, Erik ^a   Zaman, Jonas ^a   Weltens, Nathalie ^b   Sarafanova, Ekaterina ^b   Arijs, Vicky ^a   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a,c   Van Oudenhove, Lukas ^b   Van Diest, Ilse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders; Gastrointestinal Symptom Specific Fear; Interoceptive Conditioning; Visceral Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CONDITIONING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL BALLOON DILATATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL PAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL SENSATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNOCUOUS SENSATION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PAIN INTENSITY; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS; UNITED STATES; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; SENSATION;

EID: 84992736126     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15427714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2016.04.035     Document Type: Article

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