[Physiology of interdigestive motor activity in man]. / Fisiologia dell'attivita' motoria interdigestiva nell'uomo.

ABSTRACT

Aim of this work has been to investigate the pattern of interdigestive motility from the esophagus to the duodenum. Six human subjects have been studied by means of a manometric probe. The results are very similar to those described elsewhere, and show that a cyclic motor activity spreads down from the esophagus to the duodenum and that a district control of gastrointestinal motility exists.