title: How to Perform and Interpret Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders.
abstract: Functional neuroimaging studies have revealed the importance of the role of cognitive and psychological factors and the dysregulation of the brain-gut axis in functional gastrointestinal disorder patients. Although only a small number of neuroimaging studies have been conducted in functional gastrointestinal disorder patients, and despite the fact that the neuroimaging technique requires a high level of knowledge, the technique still has a great deal of potential. The application of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technique in functional gastrointestinal disorders should provide novel methods of diagnosing and treating patients. In this review, basic knowledge and technical/practical issues of fMRI will be introduced to clinicians.
authors.affiliation: Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy Department, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.|Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience, International Max Planck Research School, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: In-Seon
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Tübingen, Germany.|Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Preissl
authors.affiliation: Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy Department, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Enck
keywords: Brain; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Functional neuroimaging; Gastrointestinal diseases