Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder, characterized by recurrent abdominal pain or discomfort in combination with disturbed bowel habits in the absence of identifiable organic cause. Visceral hypersensitivity has emerged as a key hypothesis in explaining the painful symptoms in IBS and has been proposed as a "biological hallmark" for the condition. Cur...

Renin-angiotensin system in visceral fat plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome in fructose-fed rats. However, the effects of renin inhibition on visceral adiposity in metabolic syndrome are not fully investigated. We investigated the effects of renin inhibition on visceral adiposity in fructose-fed rats. Male Wistar-Kyoto rats were divided into 4 groups for 8-week exper...

BACKGROUND Visceral adiposity is the major risk factor for paediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. AIMS Determine the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease according to the visceral fat quartile. SUBJECTS 181 obese adolescents including 113 girls (16.58+/-1.56 years) and 68 boys (16.87+/-1.62 years) were evaluated. METHODS The inclusion criteria were obesity and post-puberta...

Background It is emerging that distribution of body fat, and in particular visceral fat (VFAT) is more important in determining cardiovascular risk than total body fat percentage. Rouxen-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) may preferentially reduce visceral fat, thus providing a mechanism to study the impact of visceral fat on cardiovascular function. We sought to determine 1) whether visceral fat is relat...

Visceral adipose tissue predicts an unfavorable cardiovascular and metabolic risk profile in humans. Existing methods to assess visceral adipose tissue have been limited. Thus, echocardiographic assessment of epicardial adipose tissue as a marker of visceral adiposity was suggested. The technique has been shown to be a very reliable method and an excellent measure of visceral adiposity. In this...

Visceral pain is generally poorly localized and characterized by hypersensitivity to a stimulus such as organ distension. In concert with chronic visceral pain, there is a high comorbidity with stress-related psychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression. The mechanisms linking visceral pain with these overlapping comorbidities remain to be elucidated. Evidence suggests that long term ...

OBJECTIVE Many patients with irritable bowel syndrome IBS not only have abdominal pain but also may suffer from visceral hypersensitivity and heighted visceral nociception. Moreover, IBS has few effective therapeutic agents and mechanisms of disease are unclear. Our goals were to (i) identify microRNA (miRNA) expression, signalling and targets in human colon (controls; patients with IBS); (ii) ...

OBJECTIVE Inhibitor of differentiation-3 (Id3) has been implicated in promoting angiogenesis, a key determinant of high-fat diet (HFD)-induced visceral adiposity. Yet the role of Id3 in HFD-induced angiogenesis and visceral adipose expansion is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS Id3(-/-) mice demonstrated a significant attenuation of HFD-induced visceral fat depot expansion compared to wild type li...

how to cite this article: ashrafi mr, tavasoli ar. how we can put forward the diagnosis of npc disease: suspicion index. iran j child neu rol. 2015 autumn;9:4(suppl.1): 2-4. pls see pdf.