Pathophysiology of the enteric nervous system
Subtitle: a basis for understanding functional diseases
By: edited by Robin Spiller and David Grundy.
Contributors: Spiller, Robin C.; Grundy, David.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Gastrointestinal system -- Diseases.; Gastrointestinal system -- Innervation.; Enteric Nervous System -- physiopathology.; Gastrointestinal Diseases -- etiology.; Gastrointestinal Diseases -- physiopathology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Functional neuro-anatomy / Simon Brooks and Marcello Costa; title: Neuro-physiology / Garry M. Mawe and David R. Linden; title: Gut to brain signalling: sensory mechanisms / Gerald F. Gebhart; title: Gut to brain signalling: central processing / Quasim Aziz and Anthony R. Hobson; title: Developmental disorders of the enteric nervous system / Peter Milla and Virpi Smith; title: Inflammation / Roberto De Georgio and Giovanni Barbara; title: Stress and the gut: central influences / Lin Chang and Heng Wong; title: Stress and the gut: peripheral effects / Yvette Taché and Mulugeta Million; title: Oesophageal disorders / Peter Kahrilas and Ikuo Hirano; title: Gastric disorders / Fernando Aspiroz and Jan Tack; title: Small bowel disorders / John Kellow; title: Colonic disorders / Anton Emmanuel and Charles Murray; title: Anorectal disorders / Adil Bharucha; title: Central nervous system injury / Shaheen Hamdy; title: Diarrhoea-predominant bowel disorders following inflammation and infection / Robin Spiller; title: Functional targets for pharmaco therapy / L. Ashley Blackshaw; title: Neuro kininin receptor modulators / Peter Holzer; title: Serotonin receptor modulators / Fabrizio DePonti; title: Emerging transmitters / Lionel Bueno.