The physiology of human defecation

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1445-1464

  Palit, Somnath ^a,b   Lunniss, Peter J ^a   Scott, S Mark ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonic motor activity; Defecation; Physiology of defecation; Rectal evacuation; Rectal sensorimotor function

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; PEPTIDE YY; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AGING; ANUS; BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD REARING; COLON; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; MANOMETRY; MEAL; PELVIS FLOOR; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECTUM; REFLEX; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOID;

ANAL CANAL; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PELVIC FLOOR; PERISTALSIS; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84864278562     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2071-1     Document Type: Review

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