Constipation in neurological diseases

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2003 Jan;74(1):13-9. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.74.1.13.

Abstract

Hippocrates noted that "it is a general rule, that intestines become sluggish with age", though the precise mechanisms for this association remains uncertain even today.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
  • Constipation / complications*
  • Constipation / physiopathology*
  • Constipation / therapy
  • Humans
  • Multiple Sclerosis / physiopathology
  • Multiple System Atrophy / physiopathology
  • Nervous System Diseases / complications*
  • Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Parkinsonian Disorders / physiopathology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / physiopathology
  • Stroke / physiopathology