Perception of changes in wall tension of the proximal stomach in humans

Gut

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-208

  Piessevaux, H ^b   Tack, J ^a   Wilmer, A ^a   Coulie, B ^a   Geubel, A ^b   Janssens, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barostat; Erythromycin; Mechanoreceptors; Stomach physiology; Visceral hypersensitivity; Wall tension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH WALL; TENSION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MECHANORECEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; STOMACH; STRESS;

EID: 0034917216     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.49.2.203     Document Type: Article

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