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More About This Title Pathophysiology of the Enteric Nervous System - ABasis for Understanding Functional Diseases
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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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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.
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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
