Basic and Clinical Aspects of Chronic Abdominal Pain

Part 1: Functional Bowel Disorders - Myths and Reality (E.A. Mayer). Somatic and Visceral Afferent Innervations - Neuroanatomical and Neurochemical Considerations (L. Kruger). Part 2 Evidence for Alterations in Visceral Pain Thresholds and Referral Patterns in Functional Bowel Disease: Vagal and Spinal Afferent Innervation - Role in Sensation and Reflex Regulation of Upper Gastrointestinal Function (D. Grundy, W. Richards). The Irritable Oesophagus (J.E. Richter. L.A. Bradley). Symptoms in Functional Dyspepsia - Gastrointestinal Dysmotility Versus Altered Visceral Sensation (J. Malagelada). Inflammation in the Irritable Bowel Syndrome (S.M. Collins). Afferent Innervation of the Colon - The Neurophysiological Basis for Visceral Sensation and Pain (W. Janig, P. Haupt, W. Kohler). Visceral Afferent Innervation and Functional Bowel Disease - Evidence for Dysensation and Altered Reflex Function (N.W. Read). Part 3 Modulation of Visceral and Somatic Afferent Input: Diversity of Targets of Peptidergic Visceral Afferent Neurons - Implications for Multiple Functions (C. Sternini, K. Anderson, R. De Giorgio. M. Sottili, J.P. Card, L. Rinaman). Spinal and Supraspinal Processing of Nociceptive Inputs from the Urinary Bladder and Somatic Receptive Fields (R.D. Foreman). Visceral Nerve Stimulation and Pain Modulation (A. Randich). Stress-Related CNS Mechanisms Involved in the Modulation of Visceral and Somatic Afferent Input (Y. Tache). Part 4 Long-term Changes and Plasticity of Sensory Innervation - Possible Implications for Altered Visceral Sensation in Functional Bowel Disease: Changes in the Afferent Innervation of the Inflamed Urinary Bladder (S.B. McMahon, M. Kolzenburg). Changes in the Afferent Innervation of the Knee Joint During Inflammation (R.F. Schmidt). The Irritated Nociceptor (P. Heller, Y. Taiwo, S. Ahlgren, M. Gold, J. Levine). Central Sensitization and Plasticity Following Intense Noxious Stimulation (W.D. William, Jr.). Central Processing and Morphological Plasticity in Lumbosacral Afferent Pathways from the Lower Urinary Tract (W.C. de Groat, M.N. Kruse). Part 5 Psychophysiological Aspects of Chronic Abdominal Pain: 18. Psychophysiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (W.E. Whitehead). Disordered Sleep, Pain, Fatigue, and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (H. Moldofsky, F.A. Lue). Psychophysiological Assessment of Patients with Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (G. Devroede). Psychosocial Factors in Chronic Functional Abdominal Pain (D.A. Drossman). Part 6 Future Directions in Diagnosis and Therapy of Visceral Pain: Evoked Potentials and the Irritable Oesophagus (D.O. Castell). PET - Biological Imaging of the Brain (M.E. Phelps). Behavioural Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pain - Implications for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (B.D. Naliboff, L. Darke). New Directions in Drug Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (N.W. Read).