Advances in esophageal pain
By: [edited by] Ravinder K. Mittal.
Contributors: Mittal, Ravinder K.
Publisher: Plural Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Deigo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781597563376
Subjects: Heartburn; Esophagus -- Pathophysiology; Esophagus -- Innervation; Esophagus -- physiopathology; Heartburn; Pain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Heartburn and esophageal pain : scope of the problem / John Dent; title: Functional heartburn : what is it? / Ronnie Fass; title: Nature of esophageal pain receptors / Amanda J. Page and Ashley Blackshaw; title: Vagal and spinal distension sensitive primary afferents of the esophagus : implications for visceral nociceptors / Raj K. Goyal; title: The esophageal mucosa and heartburn / Roy C. Orlando; title: Neutral reflux (weakly acid) in typical and atypical GERD symptoms / Daniel Sifrim; title: Longitudinal muscle contraction, TLESR, reflux & pain / Ravinder Mittal; title: Biomechanics of sensation / Hans Gregersen and Asbjørn Mohr Drewes; title: Molecular pathways and their sensitization / Pankaj Jay Pasricha; title: Cortical processing of esophageal pain / Adeyemi Lawal and Reza Shaker; title: Esophageal hypersensitivity : is it peripheral or central? / A. Sharma and Qasim Aziz; title: Diagnostic strategy for esophageal pain / Peter J. Kahrilas; title: How to treat esophageal chest pain / Satish S.C. Rao; title: New drugs on the horizon for the treatment of esophageal pain / Anders Lehmann.