Pathophysiology of the Enteric Nervous System (eBook)

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.

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