Gastrointestinal Motility: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Motility held in Aix-en-Provence, France, September 12–16, 1983

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Effects of Vagal Deafferentation on Oesophageal Motility in the Conscious Sheep....Pages 3-8
Electrophysiological and Pharmacological Characterization of the NANC Nerve Mediated Inhibition of the Circular Muscle Layer of the Opossum Esophagus....Pages 9-16
The Edrophonium Response: Use in Diagnosis and Possible Understanding of Mechanisms of Esophageal Chest Pain....Pages 17-22
The Diabetic Esophagus — Revisited....Pages 23-24
Abnormalities of Esophageal Motor Function in Diabetic Patients....Pages 25-28
 In Vitro Study of the Effects of Leu-Enkephalin and Related Drugs on the Vagally Induced Responses of the Cat Lower Esophageal Sphincter....Pages 29-36
Relation between Lower Esophageal Sphincter Pressure and Plasma Concentration of Neurotensin (1–13) during Intravenous Infusion of Neurotensin (1–13) and (Gln 4 )-Neurotensin (1–13) in Man....Pages 37-44
 D -Pro 2 , D -Trp 7,9 Substance P: an Effective Antagonist of Exogenous and Endogenous Substance P....Pages 45-50
Relationship of Functional Changes to Structural Changes in Megaesophagus of Chagas’ Disease....Pages 51-58
Developmental Characteristics of the Kitten Lower Esophageal Sphincter....Pages 59-60
Variability of Pressure and Myoelectrical Activity Recorded from the Lower Esophageal Sphincter of Fasted Conscious Opossums....Pages 61-62
Reflux Characteristics in Health and Disease....Pages 63-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Effect of Dopamine or Dopamine Blocker on the Antral Motility in Isolated Perfused Rat Stomach....Pages 73-73
Dual Effect of Substance P on Canine Antral Muscle....Pages 75-76
Regulation of Gastric Antral Slow Wave Frequency by Prostaglandins....Pages 77-85
Mechanical Activity of Isolated Human Pyloric Muscle, in Comparison with Canine Pylorus....Pages 87-94
Stimulating Effects of Cisapride on Antroduodenal Motility in the Conscious Dog....Pages 95-102
Changes in the Innervation of the Fundus after Subtotal Gastrectomy....Pages 103-110
Studies on the Process of Gastric Emptying....Pages 111-118
The Timing of Pyloric Closure in Man: Studies with Impedence Electrodes....Pages 119-120
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Effect of Nervous Stimulation on Pyloric Resistance and Configuration....Pages 121-128
Small Intestinal Regulation of Gastric Emptying....Pages 129-140
Vagal Osmosensitive Receptors Located in the Small Intestine. Role in Gastric Emptying....Pages 141-142
Gastric Emptying in Asymptomatic Partial Gastrectomy (B-II) Patients....Pages 143-148
Effects of Bombesin on Gastric Emptying of Solids in Normal and Antrectomized Subjects: Evidence for an Action at the Distal Stomach....Pages 149-156
Involvement of Endogenous Opiates in Radiation-Induced Suppression of Gastric Emptying....Pages 157-158
Gastrointestinal Contractile Activity Associated with Vomiting in the Dog....Pages 159-165
Vagal Control of Gastrointestinal Tract during Vomiting....Pages 167-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Enkephalins Mediate Cholecystokinin-Induced Gallbladder Contraction in the Guinea Pig....Pages 179-179
Intramural Innervation of the Opossum Sphincter of Oddi....Pages 181-182
The Relationship between Gastrointestinal Cyclic Motor Activity and Gallbladder Emptying in Humans....Pages 183-185
Defective Gallbladder Contractility Associated with Increased Bile Lithogenicity in Ground Squirrels and Prairie Dogs....Pages 187-194
Prostaglandins Modulate Human Gallbladder Motility....Pages 195-202
Fasting Canine Biliary Secretion and the Sphincter of Oddi....Pages 203-204
Stomach Motility Modulates Bile Flow in the Pig....Pages 205-211
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Effects of Peptide YY and Porcine Pancreatic Polypeptide on Migrating Myoelectric Complexes in the Small Intestine of the Rat....Pages 215-222
Motilin Release and the Migrating Myoelectric Complexes....Pages 223-230
Motilin and Myoelectric Complexes in the Pig....Pages 231-237
Somatostatin Induces Ectopic Activity Fronts of the Migrating Motor Complexes via a Local Intestinal Mechanism....Pages 239-241
Morphine Initiated Migrating Myoelectric Complexes in Post-Prandial State in Dog: Changes in Refractoriness of MMC Mechanism....Pages 243-244
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
The Effect of Morphine on Motility, Flow and Transit in the Human Ileocolonic Junctional Region....Pages 245-246
Blockade of Migrating Myoelectric Complexes by Naloxone....Pages 247-248
Effect of Intraduodenal Bile on Myoelectrical Activity of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract and Sphincter of Oddi....Pages 249-256
Nocturnal Motor Activity of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract, and Plasma Levels of Entero-Pancreatic Hormones and Primary Bile Acids in Man....Pages 257-264
The Development of Fasting Small Intestinal Motility in the Human Neonate....Pages 265-270
Feeding Behaviour and the Migrating Myoelectric Complex....Pages 271-275
Does Exercise Affect the Migrating Motor Complex in Man?....Pages 277-284
Sham Feeding Amplifies the Secretory Component of Interdigestive Activity....Pages 285-285
Jejunal Motility in Dystrophia Myotonica: a Manometric Study of Migrating Motor Complex....Pages 287-295
Modification of the Interdigestive Migrating Motor Complex (IMMC) in Patients with Partial Gastrectomy and Gastrojejunostomy....Pages 297-298
Disorganisation of the Interdigestive Small Bowel Motility by E. coli Endotoxin in the Rat....Pages 299-304
Abnormal Gastrointestinal Motility in Diabetics and after Vagotomy....Pages 305-310
Stimulation of Action Potential Complexes by Fluid Distension of Rabbit Small Intestine — Evidence that Migrating Action Potential Complexes are a Non-specific Myoelectric Response....Pages 311-318
Electrical Activity of an Intrinsically Denervated Jejunum of the Unanesthetized Rat....Pages 319-325
Evidence for a Muscarinic Inhibitory Brake Activated by Peptides in the Canine Small Intestine....Pages 327-333
The Ileal Brake: a Potent Mechanism for Feedback Control of Gastric Emptying and Small Bowel Transit....Pages 335-342
Comparison of Neurotensin and Fat on Myoelectric Activity Pattern of the Small Bowel....Pages 343-348
Modulation of Rat Small Bowel Motor Activity by Food and Peptides....Pages 349-353
Dose-Dependent Effects of Ceruletide on Jejunal Motor Activity and on Experimentally Induced Pain in Healthy Humans....Pages 355-356
Indomethacin-Induced Spiking Activity in Rabbit Ileum: in Vivo Interactions of Prostaglandins and Cholinergic Neurotransmission....Pages 357-363
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Electrical Activity of Cat Intestine Following Defunctionalization....Pages 365-372
Vagal and Splanchnic Influences on Small Intestinal Motility in the Anaesthetized Ferret....Pages 373-380
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
Relationship between Contractile and Intracellular Electrical Activities in Canine Colon Muscle Layers....Pages 383-388
Modulation of the Pacemaker Activity in Circular Muscle of the Canine Colon....Pages 389-396
Longitudinal and Circular Muscle of the Canine Colon have Different and Characteristic Electrical and Mechanical Activities....Pages 397-403
The Relationship between Extracellular and Intracellular Slow Waves....Pages 405-411
The Electrical Basis for the Inhibitory Response of the Guinea Pig Internal Anal Sphincter to Nerve Stimulation and Drugs....Pages 413-420
Effects of Salicylic Acid (SA) and Aspirin (ASA) on Met-Enkephalin (FK) and Acetylcholine (ACH) Stimulated Motility of the Isolated Rat Colon....Pages 421-422
Effect of Leu-Enkephalin on Synaptic Transmission in the Inferior Mesenteric Ganglion....Pages 423-424
Effects of Trimebutine (TMB) on Spontaneous Electrical Activity and on Junction Potentials Evoked by Parasympathetic Nerve Stimulation in Cat and Rabbit Colon....Pages 425-426
Food Increases the Propagating Myoelectric Spiking Activity in the Human Colon....Pages 427-431
Effects of Pancreatic Polypeptide, NPY and PYY in Relation to Sympathetic Influence on Colonic Motility and Blood Flow....Pages 433-440
Ultrasound Used to Measure the Response of Colonic Motility to Essential Oils....Pages 441-448
Nervous Reflexes Involved in the Co-ordination of the Motility of internal Anal Sphincter and Urinary Bladder....Pages 449-450
Relaxations of the Internal Anal Sphincter Elicited by Rectal and Extrarectal Distensions in Man....Pages 451-458
Rectal Function in Patients with Idiopathic Chronic Constipation....Pages 459-466
Severe, Idiopathic Constipation is Caused by a Distinct Abnormality of the Colonic Myenteric Plexus (Abstract)....Pages 467-468
Physiological Study of the Lower Digestive Tract in Primary Constipation....Pages 469-475
Intestinal Transit time is Related with Different Anorectal Motility Patterns in Chronic Non-Organic Constipation....Pages 477-481
Is Incontinence in Diabetes Mellitus due to Diabetic Autonomous Neuropathy?....Pages 483-484
Front Matter....Pages 485-485
Correlation between the Electrical Properties and Morphological Characteristics in the Smooth Muscle Cells during Culture....Pages 487-494
Interstitial Cells of Cajal: Selective Uptake of Methylene Blue Inhibits Slow Wave Activity....Pages 495-502
The Mechanism of Action of Pentagastrin on Circular Muscle from Canine Gastric Corpus....Pages 503-507
Role of Bombesin in Muscularis Mucosa of Canine Colon....Pages 509-510
Effect of Substance P on Non-Cholinergic Post-Stimulus Depolarization of the Circular Smooth Muscle of the Guinea Pig Ileum....Pages 511-512
Gastrointestinal Motility Stimulating Properties of Cisapride, a Non-Antidopaminergic Non-Cholinergic Compound....Pages 513-520
Characterization of 125 I-Trp 11 -Neurotensin Binding to Rat Fundus Smooth Muscle Plasma Membranes....Pages 521-525
Facilitation and Inhibition by 5-Hydroxytryptamine and R 51 619 of Acetylcholine Release from Guinea Pig Myenteric Neurones....Pages 527-534
The Interaction of Adenosine with Isolated Myenteric Nerve Varicosities....Pages 535-542
Effect of Peptide YY on Contractile Activity in the Stomach of Heidenhain Pouch Dogs....Pages 543-547
Alterations of Digestive Motility by Escherichia coli Endotoxin in Rabbits Mediated through Central Opiate Receptors....Pages 549-556
Central Effects of Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone on Gastrointestinal Motility in Fasted and Fed Rats....Pages 557-564
The Brain-Gut Axis: a Physiological Model....Pages 565-568
Spinal, Supraspinal and Peripheral Sites of Opioid Intestinal Actions....Pages 569-575
Centrally-Administered Bombesin Delays Small Intestinal Transit but Stimulates Motility in the Rat....Pages 577-582
Effects of Hindbrain L-Glutamic Acid Application on Gastrointestinal Motor Function in the Cat....Pages 583-591
Lecture....Pages 593-612