Effect of Psychoneural Factors on Intestinal Epithelial Function Journal Articles

abstract

• Stress has been associated with abnormal gastrointestinal function, including diarrhea and abdominal pain, and stress-associated gastric ulceration has frequently been documented. Stress can also exacerbate ongoing pathophysiology and often precedes relapses in patients with inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome. The relatively new field of psychoneuroimmunology is involved with the elucidation of mechanisms that explain the link between the central nervous system and immune-mediated pathophysiology. Recent progress examining the interaction among the nervous system, the immune system and the epithelium of the intestine is discussed, and the evidence for central nervous sysytem control of this interaction is examined.

authors

• Berin, M Cecilia
• Perdue, Mary

status

• published 

publication date

• 1997

has subject area

• Central Nervous System (MeSH)
• Epithelium (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Intestinal Mucosa (MeSH)
• Intestines (MeSH)
• Models, Biological (MeSH)
• Neurons (MeSH)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology  Journal

keywords

• Central Nervous System
• Epithelium
• Humans
• Intestinal Mucosa
• Intestines
• Models, Biological
• Neurons

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1155/1997/109527

PubMed ID

• 9218862

start page

• 353

end page

• 357

volume

• 11

issue

• 4