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 book 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% of adults in the US, and
symptoms of IBS are responsible for more than 3 million visits to
the physician in the US.
This book is aimed at specialist gastroenterologists but also
should be of interest for trainees and fellows in gastroenterology,
as well as PCPs and GPs with an interest in this subject.
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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
Sobre el autor
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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