Small intestine motility in IBS

• Project/Area Number: 26670368
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: General internal medicine(including psychosomatic medicine)
• Research Institution: Yokohama City University
• Principal Investigator: FUJITA Yuji 横浜市立大学, 附属病院, 指導診療医 (70714814)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKAJIMA Atsushi 横浜市立大学, 医学研究科, 教授 (30326037)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 機能性消化肝疾患 / 過敏性腸症候群 / 小腸 / ＩＢＳ / ＭＲＩ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the disease with defecation disorder such as diarrhea and constipation, as well as abdominal symptom such as pain. We investigate the small bowel motility disorder by utilizing recently developed cine MRI modality.