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  2. Roemheld syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Gastric nerve connections to the spinal cord and brain medulla oblongata, which regulate the movements of the stomach. The cranium dysfunction mechanical changes in the gut can compress the vagus nerve at any number of locations along the vagus, slowing the heart. As the heart slows, autonomic reflexes are triggered to increase blood pressure ...

  3. Autoimmune gastrointestinal dysmotility - Wikipedia

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    Pyridostigmine is a pharmaceutical treatment option for patients with AGID. [3] In severe cases patients with AGID are required to abandon eating foods, requiring them to get nourishment through a process called parenteral nutrition , where the patient is fed via a permanent IV and the liquid nourishment is infused directly in the blood stream ...

  4. Gut–memory connection - Wikipedia

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    A prominent example of the gut–memory connection is the effects that alterations in the gut microbiome can have on the pathogenesis of neural diseases like Alzheimer's. [ 3 ] Understanding the connections between the gut microbiome and cognitive health could aid researchers in developing novel strategies for slowing down cognitive decline in ...

  5. Vagus nerve - Wikipedia

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    The vagus nerve is also responsible for regulating inflammation in the body, via the inflammatory reflex. [7] Efferent vagus nerve fibers innervating the pharynx and back of the throat are responsible for the gag reflex. In addition, 5-HT 3 receptor-mediated afferent vagus stimulation in the gut due to gastroenteritis is a cause of vomiting. [8]

  6. Gastrointestinal physiology - Wikipedia

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    The effects range from excitatory or inhibitory effects on motility and secretion to feelings of satiety or hunger when acting on the brain. These hormones fall into three major categories, the gastrin and secretin families, with the third composed of all the other hormones unlike those in the other two families.

  7. Functional gastrointestinal disorder - Wikipedia

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    Abnormal motility Studies have shown altered muscle contractility and tone, bowel compliance, and transit may contribute to many of the gastrointestinal symptoms of FGID which may include diarrhea, constipation, and vomiting. [20] Visceral hypersensitivity In FGID there is poor association of pain with GI motility in many functional GI disorders.

  8. Neurogenic bowel dysfunction - Wikipedia

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    The enteric nervous system directly controls the gut motility, whereas the extrinsic nerve pathways influence gut contractility indirectly through modifying this enteric innervation. [3] In almost all cases of neurogenic bowel dysfunction it is the extrinsic nervous supply affected and the enteric nervous supply remains intact.

  9. Vagovagal reflex - Wikipedia

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    The vagovagal reflex is active during the receptive relaxation of the stomach in response to swallowing of food (prior to it reaching the stomach). When food enters the stomach a "vagovagal" reflex goes from the stomach to the brain, and then back again to the stomach causing active relaxation of the smooth muscle in the stomach wall.