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ReviewJournal of neurogastroenterology and motility2018

Mechanisms of Stress-induced Visceral Pain.

Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld, Anthony C Johnson

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Review in Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Beverley Greenwood-Van MeerveldOklahoma Center for Neuroscience, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Anthony C JohnsonVA Medical Center, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

Understanding Pain of Gastrointestinal Origin in Women that Serve in OEF/OIFI01BX001195 · VA · OKLAHOMA CITY VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GREENWOOD-VAN MEERVELD, BEVERLEY · 2011 to 2019
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Central Mechanisms Modulating Visceral SensitivityI01BX002188 · VA · OKLAHOMA CITY VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI HOUCHEN, COURTNEY WAYNE · 2013 to 2022
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Mechanisms of Stress-Induced Pain in VeteransIK2BX003630 · VA · OKLAHOMA CITY VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI JOHNSON, ANTHONY C · 2017 to 2021
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BLR&D Research Career Scientist Award ApplicationIK6BX003610 · VA · OKLAHOMA CITY VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GREENWOOD-VAN MEERVELD, BEVERLEY · 2017 to 2021
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BLRD VA I01 BX001195BLRD VA I01 BX002188BLRD VA IK2 BX003630BLRD VA IK6 BX003610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evidence suggests that long-term stress facilitates visceral pain through sensitization of pain pathways and promotes chronic visceral pain disorders such as the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This review will describe the importance of stress in exacerbating IBS-induced abdominal pain. Additionally, we will briefly review our understanding of the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis by both chronic adult stress and following early life stress in the pathogenesis of IBS. The review will focus on the glucocorticoid receptor and corticotropin-releasing hormone-mediated mechanisms in the amygdala involved in stress-induced visceral hypersensitivity. One potential mechanism underlying persistent effects of stress on visceral sensitivity could be epigenetic modulation of gene expression. While there are relatively few studies examining epigenetically mediated mechanisms involved in stress-induced visceral nociception, alterations in DNA methylation and histone acetylation patterns within the brain, have been linked to alterations in nociceptive signaling via increased expression of pro-nociceptive neurotransmitters. This review will discuss the latest studies investigating the long-term effects of stress on visceral sensitivity. Additionally, we will critically review the importance of experimental models of adult stress and early life stress in enhancing our understanding of the basic molecular mechanisms of nociceptive processing.

Indexed as

AmygdalaanimalEarly life adversityIrritable bowel syndromeModelsVisceral pain

Identifiers

PMID29291604
PMCPMC5753899
OpenAlexW2781762014

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