Increased attentional network functioning related to symptom severity measures in females with irritable bowel syndrome.
Catherine S HubbardJ HongZ JiangB EbratB SuyenobuS SmithN HeendeniyaB D NaliboffK TillischE A MayerJ S LabusPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2015)
Together, these results suggest that IBS patients have specific abnormalities in attentional network functioning and these deficits may underlie symptom-related anxiety, hypervigilance, and visceral hypersensitivity.