title: [The duodenum : a psychosomatic organ? (author's transl)].
abstract: A pressure-captor tube was inserted into the duodenum close to the ampulla of Vater in 15 surgical patients. The authors present a selection of 12 pressure curves under different circumstances : sleep, awake, meal, psychological agression, physical agression, pharmacological agression. The curves indicate that the duodenum reflects a psychosomatic structure in terms of its motricity, which could explain various aspects of gastric or biliary pathology.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004386:Duodenum / Q000502:physiology*; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D006801:Humans; D008365:Manometry / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000503:physiopathology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Le duodénum, cible psycho-somatique?