Background: Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) usually display cognitive impairments, such
as memory loss, attention deficits, and declining executive functions, particularly during the …

Despite recent advances, there is still a major need to better understand the interactions
between brain function and chronic gut inflammation and its clinical implications. Alterations …

Background A growing number of neuroimaging studies suggest distinct neural changes in
inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Whether such changes may show similar spatial …

Background Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic recurrent intestinal inflammatory disease,
often accompanied by poor adaptation and excessive stress response. However, the …

Background Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) are 2 subtypes of inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD). Several studies have reported brain abnormalities in IBD patients. This …

Background Ulcerative colitis (UC) is associated with psychological stress and poor
emotional functioning. The neural emotional processing involves the complex integration of …

Background Crohn's disease (CD) is characterized by repetitive phases of remission and
exacerbation, the quality of life of patients with CD is strongly influenced by disease activity …

Background Behavioral symptoms, including mood disorders, substantially impact the
quality of life of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), even when clinical …

Objective We aimed to provide additional evidence that brain functional alterations induced
by IBS are not limited to local changes but also express at a level of functional integration …

Background Recent neuroimaging studies have investigated the brain involvement in
patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Functional studies found …