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16078937

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-4
pubmed:abstractText
Pain and discomfort are the leading cause for consultative visits to gastroenterologists. Acute pain should be considered a symptom of an underlying disease, thereby serving a physiologically important function. However, many patients experience chronic pain in the absence of potentially harmful stimuli or disorders, turning pain into the primary problem rather than a symptom. Vagal and spinal afferents both contribute to the sensory component of the gut-brain axis. Current evidence suggests that they convey different elements of the complex sensory experience. Spinal afferents play a key role in the discriminatory dimension, while vagal input primarily affects the strong emotional and autonomic reactions to noxious visceral stimuli. Drugs, surgical and non-pharmacological treatments can target these pathways and provide therapeutic options for patients with chronic visceral pain syndromes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1350-1925
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
488-99
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Basic and clinical aspects of visceral sensation: transmission in the CNS.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. bielefeldtk@dom.pitt.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review