Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Contents for Volume 18
pp. i-x(1)

News and views from the Editors
pp. 1043-1044(2)
Authors: Sharkey, K.; Szurszewski, J.; Tack, J.

Role of motility in chronic diarrhoea
pp. 1045-1055(11)
Author: spiller, r.

The gastro-oesophageal common cavity revisited
pp. 1056-1061(6)
Authors: aanen, m. c.; bredenoord, a. j.; samsom, m.; smout, a. j. p. m.

Measurements of gastric emptying of low- and high-nutrient liquids using 3D ultrasonography and scintigraphy in healthy subjects
pp. 1062-1068(7)
Authors: gentilcore, d.; hausken, t.; horowitz, m.; jones, k. l.

Pre-experimental stress in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: high cortisol values already before symptom provocation with rectal distensions
pp. 1069-1077(9)
Authors: walter, s. a.; aardal-eriksson, e.; thorell, l. h.; bodemar, g.; hallböök, o.

A novel biomagnetic approach to study caecocolonic motility in humans
pp. 1078-1083(6)
Authors: romeiro, f. g.; corá, l. a.; de andreis, u.; américo, m. f.; oliveira, r. b.; baffa, o.; miranda, j. r. a.

Effect of the stable thromboxane derivative, carbocyclic thromboxane A₂, on membrane potential of rat myenteric neurones in culture
pp. 1084-1092(9)
Authors: rehn, m.; diener, m.

Fibre-free diet leads to impairment of neuronally mediated muscle contractile response in rat distal colon
pp. 1093-1101(9)
Authors: mitsui, r.; karaki, s.-i.; kubo, y.; sugiura, y.; kuwahara, a.

Neural mechanisms of early postinflammatory dysmotility in rat small intestine
pp. 1102-1111(10)
Authors: demedts, i.; geboes, k.; kindt, s.; vanden berghe, p.; andrioli, a.; janssens, j.; tack, j.

Ghrelin augments afferent response to distension in rat isolated jejunum
pp. 1112-1120(9)
Authors: murray, c. d. r.; booth, c. e.; bulmer, d. c. e.; kamm, m. a.; emmanuel, a. v.; winchester, w. j.

Evidence for the innervation of the puborectalis muscle by the levator ani nerve
pp. 1121-1122(2)
Authors: Wallner, C.; Maas, C. P.; Dabhoiwala, N. F.; Lamers, W. H.; DeRuiter, M. C.