Gastrointestinal Motility in Health and Disease : Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Motility, Held at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 12–16th September, 1977

SECTION IV EFFECT OF DIET ON MOTILITY 20 Low residue diet affects motility of the duodenum as well as the colon J. A. McLeish and A. Johnson Discussion viii CONTENTS 33 The genesis of the myoelectrical activity in the circular muscle layer from the cat colon: a pharmacological analysis J. Christensen, S. Anuras and C. Arthur Discussion 34 In vitro studies of the electrical activity of the longitudinal and circular muscle layers of the human colon D. Kirk and H. L. Duthie Discussion SECTION VII HUMORAL FACTORS 35 Human lower oesophageal sphincter ~LES) response to submaximal and maximal effective doses of synthetic human big gastrin (G-34) and gastrin I (G-17 Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Studies on the interdigestive (migrating) motor complex in man....Pages 3-8 Migrating myoelectrical complexes in man....Pages 9-17 The interdigestive myoelectrical complex and other migrating electrical phenomena in the human small intestine....Pages 19-28 Effect of feeding and of gastrin on the interdigestive myoelectrical complex in man ( Abstract )....Pages 29-31 Postoperative gastrointestinal complexes....Pages 33-42 The effect of different test meals on the interdigestive myoelectrical complex (MMC) in dogs ( Abstract )....Pages 43-46 The effects of exogenous cholecystokinin and pentagastrin on myoelectrical activity in the small intestine of the conscious fasted dog....Pages 47-60 Longitudinal contractions in the jejunum of fasting dogs....Pages 61-71 Laxative effects on small intestinal electrical activity of the conscious dog....Pages 73-82 Migrating myoelectrical complexes: disruption, enhancement and disorganization....Pages 83-91 Front Matter....Pages 93-93 Treatment of diverticular disease with hydrophilic colloids....Pages 95-99 Control of motor activity in the lower oesophageal sphincter by motilin....Pages 101-111 The role of the cholinergic nervous system in the gastrointestinal response to motilin in vivo ....Pages 113-124 VIP antagonizes motilin-induced antral contractions in vitro ....Pages 125-133 Front Matter....Pages 135-135 Release of [ 3 H]noradrenaline by electrical stimulation of human isolated taenia coli....Pages 137-143 2-2′-Pyridylisatogen antagonizes adenosine 5′-triphosphate but not nerve-mediated relaxations in human isolated taenia coli....Pages 145-150 Stimulatory actions of adenosine triphosphate in dog intestine....Pages 151-159 Effect of dopamine on gastric motility in man: evidence for specific receptors....Pages 161-172 Is dopamine an endogenous inhibitor of gastric emptying?....Pages 173-181 Front Matter....Pages 183-183 Low residue diet affects motility of the duodenum as well as the colon....Pages 185-194 Front Matter....Pages 183-183 Effects of 16,16 dimethyl prostaglandine E 2 on the integrated response to a meal....Pages 195-204 Influence of nutritive density of a meal on gastric emptying in duodenal ulcer patients....Pages 205-213 The effect of vagotomy on gastric emptying of solid and liquid components of a meal....Pages 215-224 The effect of bran on colonic myoelectrical function in diverticular disease....Pages 225-231 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Methods of analysing rhythmic electrical potentials in the gastrointestinal tract....Pages 235-249 Frequency analysis of electrical activity in dog colon....Pages 251-269 Gastroduodenal coordination: a computer analysis (Abstract) ....Pages 271-274 Computer analysis of electrical and mechanical activity of stomach, duodenum and caecum over long periods....Pages 275-285 Real time analysis of colonic myoelectrical rhythms in disease....Pages 287-295 Front Matter....Pages 297-297 Specific impedance of longitudinal and circular muscle from cat proximal jejunum....Pages 299-305 Colonic mechanoreceptor input to neurons in the coeliac plexus and superior mesenteric ganglion ( Abstract )....Pages 307-310 Electrical activity of myenteric neurons: comparison of results obtained with intracellular and extracellular methods of recording....Pages 311-321 The genesis of the myoelectrical activity in the circular muscle layer from the cat colon: a pharmacological analysis ( Abstract )....Pages 323-325 In vitro studies of the electrical activity of the longitudinal and circular muscle layers of the human colon....Pages 327-333 Front Matter....Pages 335-335 Human lower oesophageal sphincter (LES) response to submaximal and maximal effective doses of synthetic human big gastrin (G-34) and gastrin I (G-17) (Abstract) ....Pages 337-340 The effects of thyrocalcitonin on pentagastrin-induced contraction of the lower oesophageal sphincter in normals and in patients with achalasia (Abstract) ....Pages 341-343 Comparison of the biological activity of pentagastrin, G-17 and G-34 on canine antral motility and intracellular electrical activity (Abstract) ....Pages 345-348 Direct measurement of pyloric diameter and tone in man and their response to cholecystokinin....Pages 349-359 The relationship between gastric inhibitory peptide and right colon electromechanical activity after feeding (Abstract) ....Pages 361-364 Front Matter....Pages 365-365 Colonic motility....Pages 367-377 Front Matter....Pages 365-365 Cellular ion concentrations and electrical control activity in various regions of the colon....Pages 379-385 Electrophysiological control of motility in canine colon....Pages 387-398 Nycthemeral variation of ileocolic myoelectrical activity in the cat....Pages 399-405 The identification of an electrically silent zone at the ileocaecocolic junction ( Abstract )....Pages 407-409 Front Matter....Pages 411-411 Idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndromes — a clinicopathological study of six adults ( Abstract )....Pages 413-416 Activity of derivatives of tyrosine on gastrointestinal motility....Pages 417-427 Sources of inaccuracy in measurement of sphincter pressures using perfused catheters....Pages 429-440 Food sensitivity in reflux oesophagitis....Pages 441-447 Motor response of the human oesophagus to different intraluminal pHs....Pages 449-455 Front Matter....Pages 457-457 The role of the antral pacesetter potential in canine gastric emptying of solids....Pages 459-469 Myoelectrical activity and histology at duodenal anastomoses....Pages 471-480 Characterization of the feline pyloric sphincter by neural and hormonal stimulation (Abstract)....Pages 481-483 The pressure relationship in the gastric body, antrum and duodenum during gastric (abomasal) emptying in the calf....Pages 485-493 Transformation of the slow potential rhythm of the fundus of the stomach after functional loading following Billroth I gastrectomy....Pages 495-502 Front Matter....Pages 503-503 Vagal control of lower oesophageal sphincter function....Pages 505-512 The cat oesophagus: responses of the circular layer of smooth muscle from the body to electrical field stimulation....Pages 513-523 Mechanism of tetrodotoxin-insensitive relaxation of opossum lower oesophageal sphincter....Pages 525-535 Analysis of the electrical activity of the canine gastro-oesophageal sphincter in terms of overlapping pulse sequences (Abstract)....Pages 537-539 The myogenic control of oesophageal peristalsis and Les relaxation and interaction between myogenic and neural control systems (Abstract) ....Pages 541-543 Front Matter....Pages 545-545 Comparison of mechanical characteristics of the lower oesophageal sphincter and pyloric sphincter (Abstract) ....Pages 547-551 Front Matter....Pages 545-545 The role of the duodenum in the regulation of lower oesophageal sphincter pressure (LESP) in the dog....Pages 553-563 Clinical and experimental studies on the effect of nifedipine on smooth muscle of the oesophagus and LES....Pages 565-574 The upper oesophageal sphincter during vomiting, eructation and distension of the cardia : an electromyographic study in the unanaesthetized dog....Pages 575-583 Somatostatin inhibition of LESP elevation caused by glycine : support for a role of endogenous gastrin in physiological responses of the sphincter....Pages 585-589 Front Matter....Pages 591-591 Sphincter of Oddi motor activity in man : a zone of unique, phasic high-pressure contractions ( Abstract )....Pages 593-594 Antagonism by metoclopramide of some gastrointestinal effects of secretin....Pages 595-605 Effects of bile salts and prostaglandins on colonic motility in the rabbit....Pages 607-617 Evidence suggesting prostaglandins mediate lower oesophageal sphincter incompetence associated with inflammation....Pages 619-624 Hydrogen ions inhibit jejunal flow....Pages 625-633 Front Matter....Pages 635-635 Gastroduodenal contractile activity in fed and fasted unrestrained rats....Pages 637-645 Calibration of strain gauge force transducers and quantification of gastric motility....Pages 647-654 Pressure and motility studies in clinical practice....Pages 655-657 Relaxation oscillators....Pages 659-668 Human colonic modelling and multiple solutions in non-linear oscillators....Pages 669-675 Back Matter....Pages 677-684