Mucosal surfaces of the gut are colonized by large numbers of heterogeneous bacteria that
contribute to intestinal health and disease. In genetically susceptible individuals …

We need to look beyond our gut instincts to use information on “simple” intestinal
physiological parameters as they have been presented to us in the past. Here we present a …

Patients with bacterial overgrowth of the small intestine developed spontaneous bacterial
peritonitis (SBP) more frequently than patients without bacterial overgrowth of the small …

The pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been related more to dysmotility of
the colon than to abnormalities of the small intestine. To look for small bowel abnormalities …

In most fasting mammals, motility of the foregut and small intestine undergoes regular cycles
of activity. Much of the expanding knowledge of this phenomenon comes from species other …

Most of the gastrointestinal tract and the biliary tract have a cyclic motor activity. The electric
counterpart of this motor activity is called cyclic myoelectric activity. A typical motor cycle in …

Known as the bible of biomedical engineering, The Biomedical Engineering Handbook,
Fourth Edition, sets the standard against which all other references of this nature are …

The physiology and pathophysiology of small bowel motility are reviewed with particular
focus on the motility patterns and periods that are detected by intraluminal manometry …

The behaviour of rapidly disintegrating tablets coated with a model pH depedent polymer,
Eudragit S®, have been investigated in vivo, using gamma scintigraphy, to assess its …

A physiological flow model is presented to account for plasma level double peaks based on
cyclical gastric emptying and intestinal motility in the fasted state. Central to the model is the …