Brain Responses To Visceral and Somatic Stimuli in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome With and Without Fibromyalgia

Abstract

Chronic stimulus-specific enhancement of ACC responses to sensory stimuli in both syndromes may be associated with cognitive enhancement of either visceral (IBS) or somatic (IBS + FM) sensory input and may play a key pathophysiologic role in these chronic pain syndromes.