Open AccessCentral Processing of Noxious Somatic Stimuli in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome Compared With Healthy Controls
Author(s) -
Steve Heymen,
William Maixner,
William E. Whitehead,
Rebecca R. Klatzkin,
Beth Mechlin,
Kathleen C. Light
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the clinical journal of pain/the clinical journal of pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.109
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1536-5409
pISSN - 0749-8047
DOI - 10.1097/ajp.0b013e3181bff800
Subject(s) - irritable bowel syndrome , medicine , nociception , noxious stimulus , diffuse noxious inhibitory control , anesthesia , receptor
To compare a central analgesic mechanism known as diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC) using somatic test stimuli and somatic conditioning stimuli, (CS) in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients and healthy controls.