This contribution to the centennial commemorative issue of the American Journal of
Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology identifies some of the important studies of …

The main functions of gastric motility are to accommodate and store the ingested meal, grind
down or triturate solid particles, and then empty the meal in a regulated fashion into the …

▪ Abstract The enteric nervous system exerts local control over mixing and propulsive
movements in the small intestine. When digestion is in progress, intrinsic primary afferent …

Alterations in colonic motility are implicated in the pathophysiology of bowel disorders, but
high-resolution manometry of human colonic motor function has revealed that our …

The dogma that muscle responses seen when the investigator stretches the intestinal wall or
stimulates the mucosa reflect a classic reflex can be challenged. No limb equivalent to the …

Neurologie diseases can affect the bowel at several levels of innervation—by altering the
electrical activity that controls smooth muscle, the enteric nervous system, or the extrinsic …

Many of the symptoms characteristic of the functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) are
consistent with dysfunction of the motor and/or sensory apparatus of the digestive tract …

Background: Motility disorders are believed to be of major pathogenetic importance in small-
intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). The aim of this study was to investigate interdigestive …

The most important functions of the intestinal musculature are to transport the contents
through the long tubular digestive tract and to ensure their adequate mixing and exposure to …

An increased awareness of intestinal distention or contraction is implicated in the
pathogenesis of the irritable bowel syndrome. This study aimed to test this hypothesis in 20 …