Rectal and colonic distension elicit viscerovisceral reflexes in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 2 46-2, 2002, Pages

  Law, Ngai Moh ^a   Bharucha, Adil E ^a   Zinsmeister, Alan R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic transit; Obstructed defecation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BAROSTAT; COLON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM DISEASE; VISCERAL REFLEX;

EID: 0036079225     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00359.2001     Document Type: Article

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