Progresses in the understanding of human brain‐gut interactions in health and disease
have been limited by the lack of non‐invasive techniques to study brain activity. The advent …

The 1990s were heralded as the ''decade of the brain''amid excitement that major advances
in imaging technology coupled with huge financial investment would finally allow …

This review provides a comprehensive overview of brain imaging studies of the brain-gut
interaction in functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs). Functional neuroimaging studies …

With over a decade of neuroimaging research of the brain–gut axis behind us, we find
ourselves at a convergence of emergent technology and pathophysiologic understanding …

Although functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) are common, their pathophysiology
remains incompletely understood. It is generally accepted that dysfunction of the …

We define these as the motivations and feelings that are associated with changes in the
body's physiological condition and with the autonomic responses and behaviors that occur …

It has since long been known, from everyday experience as well as from animal and human
studies, that psychological processes-both affective and cognitive-exert an influence on …

From experience, most people know about a link between psychological processes and
gastrointestinal sensory and motor functions. Cognitive processes (eg, attention) as well as …

Understanding the neural regulation of gut function and sensation makes it easier to
understand the interrelatedness of emotionality, symptom‐attentive behavior or …

The importance of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in human disease was first raised by
Hippocrates m more than 2000 years ago. His statement, that “all disease begins in the gut,” …