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ESF Exploratory Workshop: Links between visceral dysfunction and affective disorders

Abstract

Functional bowel disorders and mood disorders affect 10-20 % of the population. There is a considerable comorbidity between both disease entities, but the underlying links are not understood. This workshop addressses the need of a collaborative effort of gastroenterologists, neuroscientists and psychiatrists to explore the relationships between affective and functional bowel disorders. Thereby the workshop opens up a completely new direction of interdisciplinäry research into an important European health issue.

Keywords

Anxiety

Depression

Functional bowel disorders

Gastrointestinal pain

Gut-brain axis

Local Subprojectlead:

Holzer Peter

Duration:

01.07.2006-31.10.2006

Type of Research

applied research

Staff

Holzer, Peter, Project Leader

MUG Research Units

Division of Pharmacology

Funded by

European Science Foundation (ESF), 1, quai Lezay Marnésia - BP 90015, F-67080 Strasbourg Cedex, France