Gut-Brain Dysfunction: One of HHV-6's 50 Shades of Non-HIV AIDS

Autonomic nervous system dysregulation in irritable bowel syndrome

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nmo.12512/abstract

Conclusions & Inferences

IBS subjects display a significant reduction in α index, an established marker of cardiac baroreflex. ANS dysfunction appears to be involved in the pathophysiology of IBS and its assessment may open new perspectives for clinical management of patients suffering from IBS.