Human colonic motility: physiological aspects

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 173-180

  Bassotti, G ^a,b   Germani, U ^a   Morelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Division of Digestive Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; ASCENDING COLON; CAT; CECUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLON; COLON MOTILITY; DOG; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOELECTRICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECORDING; REFLEX; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMAL; COLON; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN;

EID: 0029029245     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00298543     Document Type: Review

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