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This study sought to compare the characteristics of visceral perception thresholds after rectal thermal and pressure stimuli between IBS patients and healthy subjects.
Expressed in modern physiologic terms, Mackenzie's concept of an irritable focus means that visceral stimuli facilitate somatic cutaneous impulses sufficiently to excite the production of a ...
Visceral hypersensitivity manifests as either allodynia (a painful response to normally nonpainful stimuli) or hyperalgesia (increased pain response to stimuli that are normally painful).
Nervous systems evolved as an extension of visceral and somatic functions of the biological realm. Neurobiological behaviors are automatic reactions to external stimuli, such as reflexes and ...
High rates of anxiety and depression amongst patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have led many researchers to believe there could be a causal relationship between psychological factors and ...
Types: Somatic and Visceral Pain There are two types of nociceptive pain, known as somatic and visceral pain, which are distinct in nature and the origin of the noxious stimuli ...
Unfortunately, there is no gold standard by which to measure visceral perception, but the authors have taken every precaution to ensure the validity of the present method. This method has been ...