Autonomic nervous system as a key modulator in stress-related inflammatory bowel disease: Mechanisms and therapeutic implications

Figure 7 Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease various methods such as lifestyle changes, psychotherapy, drug therapy, and neural regulation can help treat inflammatory bowel disease by restoring the intestinal mucosal barrier, regulating the intestinal immune response, reducing the release of inflammatory factors, restoring the balance of the intestinal microbiota, and regulating the bidirectional communication between the brain and the gastrointestinal tract. IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease. The pattern was created with BioGDP.com[14].