Shin Fukudo
Professor
Department of Behavioural Medicine
Tohoku University
Japan
Biography
Dr. Shin Fukudo, is a Professor of Behavioural Medicine, at Tohoku University School of medicine. He is M.D. and Ph.D. His research themes Elucidation of pathophysiology on brain-gut interaction in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Elucidation of role of brain-gut peptide on stress-related disorders, Development of novel treatment for psychosomatic diseases. Research Keywords for him are behavioral medicine, psychosomatic medicine, stress, brain-gut interactions, corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), emotion.
Research Interest
brain imaging, gastrointestinal motility, visceral perception, genetic research, psychometric test, animal study
Publications
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Fukudo, S. (2007). Role of corticotropin-releasing hormone in irritable bowel syndrome and intestinal inflammation. Journal of gastroenterology, 42, 48-51.
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Kanazawa, M., Endo, Y., Whitehead, W. E., Kano, M., Hongo, M., & Fukudo, S. (2004). Patients and nonconsulters with irritable bowel syndrome reporting a parental history of bowel problems have more impaired psychological distress. Digestive diseases and sciences, 49(6), 1046-1053.
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Gwee, K. A., Bak, Y. T., Ghoshal, U. C., Gonlachanvit, S., Lee, O. Y., Fock, K. M., ... & Makharia, G. (2010). Asian consensus on irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 25(7), 1189-1205.
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Kano, M., Fukudo, S., Gyoba, J., Kamachi, M., Tagawa, M., Mochizuki, H., ... & Yanai, K. (2003). Specific brain processing of facial expressions in people with alexithymia: an H215Oâ€PET study. Brain, 126(6), 1474-1484.
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Sagami, Y., Shimada, Y., Tayama, J., Nomura, T., Satake, M., Endo, Y., ... & Fukudo, S. (2004). Effect of a corticotropin releasing hormone receptor antagonist on colonic sensory and motor function in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Gut, 53(7), 958-964.
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Chang, L., Toner, B. B., Fukudo, S., Guthrie, E., Locke, G. R., Norton, N. J., & Sperber, A. D. (2006). Gender, age, society, culture, and the patient’s perspective in the functional gastrointestinal disorders. Gastroenterology, 130(5), 1435-1446.
