A 100-YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY

Authors
SZURSZEWSKI JH
Citation
Jh. Szurszewski, A 100-YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY, American journal of physiology: Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 37(3), 1998, pp. 447-453
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology
Journal title
American journal of physiology: Gastrointestinal and liver physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01931857
Volume
37
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
447 - 453
Database
ISI
SICI code
0193-1857(1998)37:3<447:A1POGM>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
This contribution to the centennial commemorative issue of the America n Journal of Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology identif ies some of the important studies of spontaneous electrical and motor activity in the gastrointestinal tract published in the Journal betwee n 1898 and 1996. Emphasis is given to the contributions made by Waiter B. Cannon, Waiter C. Alvarez, Emil Bozler, C. Ladd Presser, and James Christensen.