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[neurological and psychiatric aspects of some gastrointestinal diseases.]
           

[Neurological and psychiatric aspects of some gastrointestinal diseases.]
    Orv Hetil. 2008 Nov 2;149(44):2079-86
    Authors: Aszalós Z
    The gastrointestinal tract is controlled by the independent enteric nervous system. It is also closely connected to the central nervous system, and bi-directional communication exists between them. The communication involves neural pathways as well as immune and endocrine mechanisms. The brain-gut axis plays a prominent role in the modulation of gut functions. Signals from different sources (e.g. sound, sight, smell, somatic and visceral sensations, pain) reach the brain. These inputs are modified by memory, cognition and affective mechanisms and integrated within the neural circuits of the central nervous system, spinal cord, autonomic and ent... MedWorm Sponsored Message: Get support for celiac disease, gluten free recipes, and moderated discussions by
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[the sensible celiac]

From the article, discussing the social and psychiatric characteristics of men with Celiac Disease:

Exaggerated conscientiousness, perfectionism, oversensitivity, feeling of deficiency in effectiveness, and higher demand for social parity, neuroticism and alexithymia have been detected among their constant personality features.

Alexithymia is apparently the inabilitty to express feelings using words, anyone who knows me would dispute that I have this issue, but much of the rest of this does seem to describe me very well.












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