Low-amplitude propagated contractile waves: A relevant propulsive mechanism of human colon

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 36-40

  Bassotti, G ^a   Clementi, M ^a   Antonelli, E ^a   Pelli, M A ^b   Tonini, M ^c  

^a Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colon manometry; Colon motility; Propagated contractions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CATHETER; COLON MOTILITY; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; MANOMETRY; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECORDING; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLON; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0035114343     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(01)80133-X     Document Type: Article

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