BackgroundMultisomatoform disorder is characterised by severe and disabling bodily symptoms,
and pain is one of the most common and impairing of these. Furthermore, these bodily …

Long-term depression (LTD) of Purkinje cell–parallel fiber synaptic transmission is a critical
determinant of normal cerebellar function. Impairment of LTD through, for example, …

Over the last decades, theoretical perspectives in the interdisciplinary field of the affective
sciences have proliferated rather than converged due to differing assumptions about what …

Background Recent functional imaging studies on chronic pain of various organic etiologies
have shown significant alterations in both the spatial and the temporal dimensions of the …

Experiencing pleasure and displeasure is a fundamental part of life. Hedonics guide behavior,
affect decision-making, induce learning, and much more. As the positive and negative …

Introspective and self-referential in nature, the human brain's default mode network (DMN)
is presumed to influence our behavior in response to the environment in predictive manner […

… Michael Noll-Hussong is specialist in and lecturer for psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy
and physiology at the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the …

Objectives: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a frequently disabling and almost invariably
distressing disease with a high overall prevalence. Numerous trials identified the importance of …

BackgroundFormer child soldiers are at high risk of developing mental disorders such as
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, their comprehensive mental health has yet to …

OBJECTIVE: This preliminary study investigates the neural substrates of empathy-induced
pain in multisomatoform pain patients “with vs. without” a history of sexual abuse during …