… imaging studies in IBS have confirmed the close relationship between increased affect,
enhanced visceral stimulus perception, and altered brain responses, where increased intensity …

… of regions described in somatic and visceral pain studies (Derbyshire, 2003), we selected
a priori regions that (a) have been most consistently reported in visceral pain studies; (b) have …

… responses to colon distension or visceral hyperalgesia. By contrast, in transgenic mice with
disrupted substance P receptor (knockout mice), there is a normal stimulus response curve in …

… nociceptors is a widespread feature of the innervation of several internal organs and
could be responsible for exaggerated responses of the viscera to normal forms of stimulation. …

… in the brain processing of visceral pain is still unclear… response (SCR), and brain processing
using functional MRI during anticipation and pain induced by esophageal distension at pain …

… of the pain response (3, 26). The thalamus influences prefrontal cortex signaling associated
with visceral pain responses, … Output from the cortical and limbic regions in response to pain …

… cutaneous and visceral pain that could underlie similarities in the pain experience. However,
… Our results suggest that there may be a differential response to visceral and somatic pain in …

… visceral pain conditions purely as a direct extrapolation of what we know about somatic pain…
and an amplification of pain responses to uterine cervical distension 27 27. Yan T, Liu B, Du …

… the response characteristics … visceral pain originating from the abdominal viscera and spinal
processing will only be mentioned in the context of the sensory afferent's projection and pain …

… Visceral pain arose early in our evolutionary history, and recent … visceral pain and stress
that is characterized by negative emotion and an accompanying autonomic/endocrine response. …