Esophageal sensation in premature human neonates: Temporal relationships and implications of aerodigestive reflexes and electrocortical arousals

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jadcherla, Sudarshan R ^a,b   Parks, Vanessa N ^b   Peng, Juan ^b   Dzodzomenyo, Samuel ^a   Fernandez, Soledad ^a   Shaker, Reza ^c   Splaingard, Mark ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

ALTE; Esophagus; Gastroesophageal reflux; Motility; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERISTALSIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHAM PROCEDURE; SLEEP STAGE; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWALLOWING; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

AROUSAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PERISTALSIS; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SLEEP;

EID: 83755177673     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00067.2011     Document Type: Article

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