A numerically important group of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders have
chronic symptoms that can be attributed to the gastroduodenal region. Based on the …

The human gut is the natural habitat for a large and dynamic bacterial community, but a
substantial part of these bacterial populations are still to be described. However, the …

While widely used in research, the 1991 Rome criteria for the gastroduodenal disorders,
especially symptom subgroups in dyspepsia, remain contentious. After a comprehensive …

Symptoms that can be attributed to the gastroduodenal region represent one of the main
subgroups among functional gastrointestinal disorders. A slightly modified classification into …

It was hypothesized that symptoms in functional dyspepsia are originated by an altered
mechanism at the brain-gut axis (one or several) in the process of gastric accommodation to …

Diabetes mellitus has been associated with a variety of gastrointestinal motor disturbances.
Pyloric activity, however, has not been specifically investigated. We have quantified the …

A method of measuring gastric secretions and emptying rates after ingestion of an ordinary
(solid-liquid) meal has been developed and validated. The technique quantifies movements …

Our aim was to test the hypothesis that there is a relation between antral phasic pressure
activity and the emptying of solids and liquids from the intact human stomach after a mixed …

Background: Increased numbers of mast cells and mast cell activation in distal gut segments
are associated with symptom onset and severity in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Although …

Using a gastric barostat we have studied interdigestive variations in gastric tone and its
response to gastric distention in 17 healthy volunteers and 5 patients with postsurgical …