Overview

Over the last few years there have been huge advances made in our understanding of the interactions between the brain and the gut - the enteric nervous system. This is particularly relevant in the understanding, diagnosis and management of irritable bowel syndrome - the most common functional disorder of the bowel.IBS has been diagnosed in 10-20 per cent of adults in the US, and symptoms of IBS are responsible for more than 3 million visits to the physician in the US.

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Author:   R Spiller ,  David Grundy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 19.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   0.914kg
ISBN:  

9781405123617

ISBN 10:   1405123613
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   27 October 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Contributors.Preface.Section A - Basic Principals.Chapter 1 Functional Neuro-anatomy.Chapter 2 Neuro-physiology.Chapter 3 Brain to Gut Signalling - Sensory mechanisms.Chapter 4 Brain to Gut Signalling - Central Processing.Section B - Mechanisms of functional GI Disorders.Chapter 5 Developmental disorders of the enteric nervous system.Chapter 6 Inflammation..Chapter 7 Stress and the Gut - Central Influences.Chapter 8 Stress and the Gut - Peripheral Effects.Section C - Patho-physiology and Treatment of Human Diseases.Chapter 9 Oesophageal disorders.Chapter 10 Gastric disorders.Chapter 11 Small Bowel Disorders.Chapter 12 Colonic disorders.Chapter 13 Anorectal Disorders.Chapter 14 Central Nervous System Injury.Chapter 15 Diarrhoea - Predominant bowel disorders following inflammation and infection.Section D - Advances in Pharmaco Therapy.Chapter 16 Functional targets for pharmaco therapy - An overview.Chapter 17 Neuro Kininin Receptor Modulators.Chapter 18 Serotonin Receptor Modulators.Chapter 19 Emerging Transmitters.Index

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Robin Spiller is Professor of Gastroenterology in the Wolfson Digestive Diseases Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham. He has had a long-standing interest in the pathophysiology of funtional bowel diseases particularly those arising after bouts of gastrointestinal infections. David Grundy is Professor of Biomedical Science at the Unversity of Sheffield. He has for many years pioneered the study of afferent signalling in the gut with particular interest in the mechanisms that mediate and modulate sensory signal transduction.

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