New technologies to investigate the brain-gut axis
Population
Healthy controls and patients suffering from functional gastrointestinal disorders
Design
Review
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Implication
EEG source analysis may clarify visceral pain pathways in FGIDs; leaves open clinical translation pending controlled trials.
Structured PICO
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Population
Healthy controls and patients suffering from functional gastrointestinal disorders
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Intervention
Brain-imaging techniques (fMRI, PET, MEG, EEG)
This review highlights the role of advanced brain-imaging techniques, particularly EEG source analysis, in understanding the neurophysiological pathways of visceral pain hypersensitivity in functional gastrointestinal disorders.
Cite This Study
Sharma et al. (2009) studied this question.