Secondary peristaltic contractions, like primary peristalsis, are preceded by inhibition in the human esophageal body

Digestion

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-78

  Sifrim, Daniel ^a   Janssens, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Inhibition; Peristalsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERISTALSIS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030026043     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000201316     Document Type: Article

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