Central Nervous System Processing of Emotions in Children with Fecal Incontinence and Constipation.
作者信息
Equit Monika, Niemczyk Justine, Kluth Anna, Thomas Carla, Rubly Mathias, von Gontard Alexander
机构信息
1 Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie; Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany.
2 Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie; Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany.
出版信息
Z Kinder Jugendpsychiatr Psychother. 2019 Jan;47(1):67-71. doi: 10.1024/1422-4917/a000638. Epub 2018 Nov 19.
OBJECTIVE
Fecal incontinence and constipation are common disorders in childhood. The enteric nervous system and the central nervous system are highly interactive along the brain-gut axis. The interaction is mainly afferent. These afferent pathways include centers that are involved in the central nervous processing of emotions as the mid/posterior insula and the anterior cingulate cortex. A previous study revealed altered processing of emotions in children with fecal incontinence. The present study replicates these results.
METHODS
In order to analyze the processing of emotions, we compared the event-related potentials of 25 children with fecal incontinence and constipation to those of 15 control children during the presentation of positive, negative, and neutral pictures.
RESULTS
Children with fecal incontinence and constipation showed altered processing of emotions, especially in the parietal and central cortical regions.
CONCLUSIONS
The main study results of the previous study were replicated, increasing the certainty and validity of the findings.
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