Sensory-motor responses to mechanical stimulation of the esophagus after sensitization with acid

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 4367-4374

  Drewes, Asbjørn Mohr ^a   Reddy, Hariprasad ^a   Staahl, Camilla ^a   Pedersen, Jan ^a   Funch Jensen, Peter ^c   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Gregersen, Hans ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Mechanical; Motility; Pain; Reflux; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SENSITIZATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TENSION; VISCERAL PAIN; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 21544468187     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i28.4367     Document Type: Article

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