Objective: Our aim was to identify qualitative or quantitative colonic motor patterns induced
postprandially in a pilot study of patients with diarrhea due to functional disease or …

Commensal bacteria inhabiting the human intestine (ie, intestinal microflora) participate in
the development and maintenance of gut sensory and motor functions, including the …

Objectives: To evaluate the relation between colonic manometry findings and the colonic
enteric nervous system, interstitial cells of Cajal, and smooth muscle morphology. Patients …

The relationship between motility and inflammatory gastrointestinal disorders is at the same
time complex and intriguing since these conditions might share some genetic …

The accuracy of the 14C-D-xylose breath test in the diagnosis of small-bowel bacterial
overgrowth was prospectively evaluated in 10 patients with motility disorders: 6 myopathic, 3 …

Human colonic muscle tone varies diurnally and postprandially in predictable ways.
Increased tone reduces the capacity of the colon to store contents after a meal, whereas …

BACKGROUND: Few data are available on adaptive changes of human small bowel motility
after intestinal resection. AIM: To characterise jejunal motility after extensive and limited …

While the practicing clinician can provide a reasonably clear and consistent clinical, picture
of what would be regarded as the" typical" irritable bowel syndrome patient, a precise …

Pediatric gastrointestinal motility disorders are common and can range from relatively
benign conditions such as functional constipation to more serious disorders such as …

Abnormal small bowel motility has been describedin patients with liver cirrhosis but the
mechanismsinvolved are unknown. The aim was to investigate apossible relationship …