AMY, amygdala; DGBIs, disorders of gut-brain interaction; DMV, dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; ENS, enteric nervous system; Hyp, hypothalamus; NTS, nucleus tractus ...

Engineers have developed an ingestible sensor whose location can be monitored as it moves through the digestive tract, an advance that could help doctors more easily diagnose gastrointestinal motility ...

The connection between disordered eating and GI seems like an easy one to make. Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, director of the gastrointestinal motility laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital, said ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. By analyzing bowel movement frequency in more than 268,000 people, researchers uncover how thiamine ...

Some of the most intractable gastrointestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease, are motility disorders, where the contents of the intestines don’t proceed ...

The sensor sends out its location as it moves through the GI tract, revealing where slowdowns in digestion may occur. CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Engineers at MIT and Caltech have demonstrated an ingestible ...

Classification Motor disorders of the smooth muscle esophagus have been classified in many different ways, and there is no single classification that is fully satisfactory for all users. One of the ...

Adults with gastrointestinal (GI) diseases are significantly more likely to experience sleep disturbances than those without GI conditions, a new study involving more than 10,000 individuals has found ...

Children who frequently miss school because of abdominal complaints are far more likely to be suffering from chronic disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome than diseases that can be detected with ...