5: Effects of butyrate enemas and diet on colonic sensitivity in rats. (poster)

6: Gastric electrical activity and gastric emptying in term and preterm newborns. (poster)

11: Release of NO by gastric mechanoreceptors modulates nicotinic activation of coeliac plexus neurones. (poster)

12: Pathogenesis of gallbladder muscle abnormalities associated with acute cholecystitis (AC) in guinea pigs. (poster)

14: Anorectal manometry in term and premature infants: the use of a sleeve catheter. (oral presentation)

15: Recombinant human interleukin-11 (rhIL-11) restores smooth muscle function in the jejunum and colon of HLA-B27 rats. (oral presentation)

16: Modulation of rat colon motility through neurotensin receptors involves histamine release from mast cells. (oral presentation)

18: Accelaration of solid gastric emptying in dogs by electrical stimulation. (poster)

20: Modeling drug effects on intestinal motility. (oral presentation)

22: Differences in conduction between slow waves and spikes at the feline gastroduodenal region. (poster)

27: Are rectal motor complexes (RMCs) unique to the rectum? (poster)

29: Dual effects of nitrergic stimulation in guinea pig gallbladder. (poster)

30: Tyrosine kinase pathway regulates capacitative calcium entry (CCE) in guinea pig gallbladder smooth muscle. (oral presentation)

31: Role of endogenous vasoactive intestinal peptide and substance P in colonic motility in a rat model of colitis. (poster)

32: Evidence for a feedback inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis in enteric synaptsomes via a nitrosothiol-intermediate. (poster)

33: A pharmacodynamic model of 5-HT₄ receptor activation in humans: antagonism by the 5-HT₄receptor antagonist SB-207266. (poster)

35: Differential patterns of excitability in human swallowing motor cortex following painful and nonpainful oesophageal stimulation. (poster)

36: Nociceptin stimulates colonic motility in the anaesthetised rat. (poster)

37: Distribution of CD34 and kit immunoreactivity in the murine gut studied by tricolor confocal microscopy on wholemount preparations. (poster)

38: Violation of the "Law of the intestine ": involvement of ACh and ATP in neuro-neuronal transmission. (oral presentation)(award)

39: Regulation of whole cell current and membrane potential by a mechanosensitive calcium channel in human jejunal circular smooth muscle cells. (oral presentation)

40: Functional expression of metabotropic glutamate group 1 receptors in the submucous plexus of guinea-pig small intestine. (poster)

41: Chloride channels in guinea- pig myenteric neurons activated by histamine H₂ receptors. (poster)

42: The influence of the infralimbic cortex upon vago-vagal gastric motor reflexes. (poster)

46: Intestinal myoelectric activity in normal and dystrophic mice. (poster)

47: Ultrastructural identification of kit-expressing cells in the muscularis of adult mice with a lacz-reporter transgene. (poster)

50: Differential effect of endothelin ET_A and ET_B receptor activation on intestinal peristalsis. (oral presentation)

51: Involvement of tachykinins and glutamate in the afferent signalling of a gastric acid insult. (poster)

52: Evaluation of potential sites of action of alosetron in irritable bowel syndrome. (oral presentation)

53: A mechanic study of colonic motor changes in chronic ulcerative colitis and effects of nicotine. (poster)

54: Carbon monoxide-synthesizing enzyme (H0-2) is present in enteric neurons but not ICC in human stomach and jejunum. (oral presentation)

55: Transdifferentiation of interstitial cells of Cajal to smooth muscle after blockade of c-kit signaling. (oral presentation)

56: Structural and functional obstructions of the muscle layer in endothelin receptor B deficient (ETB-/-) rat: a model for Hirschsprung's disease. (poster)

57: Does NO from enteric nerves act by a different mechanism from NO from canine LES cells? (poster)

59: Thickened feeding and esophageal motility in healthy infants. (poster)

60: Biofeedback training in encopretic and constipated children- long term results. (poster)

62: Are there interstitial cells 'of cajal' (ICC) outside the muscularis externa of the digestive tract? (poster)

65: Neuronal pathways and transmission to the pyloric sphincter of the guinea pig. (oral presentation)

67: Combined measurement of intraluminal impedance and pH: results of an automated detection of gastroesophageal reflux in infants. (oral presentation)

68: Gastroparesis is not predictive for upper and lower GI symptoms and pathologies in patients with diabetes mellitus, vice versus. (poster)

69: Inhibitory effect of melatonin on smooth muscle cells in the rat gastric fundus - involvement of small conductance potassium channels. (poster)

70: Autonomic modulation of vagal input to the rat esophageal muscle - influence of opiates -. (poster)

72: Influence of antral contraction waves on intragastric pressure, fluid motions and mixing. (poster)

74: A new, type VII-neuron population in the myenteric plexus of the pig small intestine. (poster)

78: The electrophysiological study of defecation mechanism: the possibility of the colonic pacing by sacral nerve electrostimulation. (oral presentation)

79: The interstitial cells of cajal are affected in muscular distrophy. A study in MDX mice. (poster)

86: Relationship between job stress and physiopathological mechanisms in functional dyspepsia. (poster)

88: Gastric electrical abnormalities and gastric emptying time in children with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy at different stages of disease. (poster)

90: Developmental aspects of gastric emptying time and gastric electrical activity in preterm newborns. (poster)

91: Urge and no-urge constipation predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): sensory dysfunction of the whole gut. (oral presentation)

93: Acid induced oesophageal hypersensitivity alters central processing of oesophageal sensation: central sensitization contributes to human visceral hypersensitivity. (poster)

95: Effect of inhibiting iNOS on endotoxin-induced changes in esophageal motor function. (oral presentation)

96: Increased sensitivity to the recto-anal inhibitory reflex is seen in incontinent patients. (poster)

101: Descending excitatory pathways to the circular muscle of the guinea-pig ileum. (poster)

103: Electrophysiological and morphological study of the extrinsic innervation of the guinea-pig oesophagus. (poster)

104: Modulation of distension-evoked chloride secretion by inflammatory mediators in the guinea pig distal colon. (poster)

107: Evidence for a role of glutamate as a neurotransmitter in the human colon. (poster)

109: Comparison of two different formulations of botulinum toxin for the therapy of achalasia. (poster)

110: Effects of GM-611, an acid-stable erythromycin-A derivative, on gastric emptying in the delayed gastric emptying model in dogs. (poster)

113: Involvement of nitric oxide and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in postoperative fundic relaxation in rats. (poster)

115: Functional significance of polarized projections in the submucosal plexus of the guinea pig proximal colon. (oral presentation)

116: Assessment of proximal gastric relaxation in response to intragastric nutrients in awake rats. (poster)

120: Opposing roles of K⁺ and Cl^- channels in maintenance of opossum lower esophageal sphincter (les) tone. (poster)

121: Three-dimensional visualization of interstitial cells of cajal in the myenteric region of the guinea pig small intestine. (poster)

122: Electrical recording from interstitial cells of cajal in the intact myenteric network. (oral presentation)

124: Properties of mono- and polysynaptic myenteric pathways innervating submucosal S-neurons in guinea pig ileum. (oral presentation)

132: Pressure- and frequency-dependent linkage between motility and secretion in human proximal small intestine. (poster)

133: Nycthemeral variations on intestinal motility in rats: effect of melatonin and S 22153 a melatonin receptor antagonist. (poster)

134: Enteroendocrine cell (EC) hyperplasia in functional diarrhoea and diarrhoea-predominant IBS. (poster)

135: Role of increased 5HT- & PYY-containing rectal enteroendocrine cells (EC) in functional diarrhoea following campylobacter enteritis. (poster)

136: Intestinal motility in normal horses and horses with colic. (poster)

137: Sustained esophageal contraction (SEC): a motor correlate of heartburn symptom. (oral presentation)

138: Nitric oxide involvement in radiation-induced small intestinal dysmotility in rat. (poster)

139: Spinal neuronal responses to colonic distension: potentiation by intra-luminal bile. (poster)

140: Neural mechanisms involved in gastric compliance modifications due to acute volaemic changes in anaesthetized rats. (poster)

142: Vagal effects on guinea-pig gastric motility in vitro revealed by video image analysis. (poster)

146: Early satiety and gastric emptying in dyspepsia. (poster)

147: The effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on normal and motilin-induced interdigestive gastrointestinal and gallbladder motility in human subjects. (poster)

148: Plasma levels of gastrointestinal peptides after lipids in the duodenum in health and in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. (poster)

150: Eosinophilic oesophagitis associated with achalsia: reversal of manometric abnormalities with treatment of oesophagitis. (poster)

151: GABA_B receptor (GBR) agonists inhibit triggering of swallowing after pharyngeal injection of small amounts of water in the dog. (oral presentation)

152: Defining the parameters which initiate oesophageal motor and sensory responses in non cardiac chest pain patients. (oral presentation)

154: AH-6809 decreases PGE₂ evoked intestinal afferent nerve discharge in the anesthetized rat - further evidence for the involvement of EP1-receptors. (poster)

156: Peristalsis in the striated muscle portion of the esophagus in achalasia. (poster)

157: Characteristics of putative enteric interneurones in the stomach. (poster)

158: Assessment of gastric emptying in infants and children, using the ¹³C octanoic acid breath test. (oral presentation)

160: Cerebral activation in response to painful visceral esophageal or somatic thermal stimulation. (oral presentation)

162: Transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations play a minor role in the genesis of proximal gastro-esophageal reflux. (poster)

163: Involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in physiological and apomorphine-induced gastric relaxation. (oral presentation)

164: Influence of bilirubin and other antioxidants on nitrergic neurotransmission in the pig gastric fundus. (poster)

165: Topographic methods separate functional from mechanical obstruction in patients with esophageal symptoms. (oral presentation)

166: Ileojejunal transposition (IJT) delays gastric emptying and decreases water content in the stool after subtotal colectomy in dogs: does IJT improve diarrhea after subtotal colectomy? (poster)

169: The effect of transcutaneous nerve stimulation (TENS) on autonomic system and gastric myoelectric activity in functional dyspepsia. (poster)

175: Long-term effect of vagotomy on gastric myoelectric activity. (poster)

176: Carbon monoxide is a candidate NANC inhibitory neurotransmitter in the murine small intestine. (oral presentation)

177: Risk factors for gastroesophageal reflux in asthmatic children. (poster)

179: Effect of extrinsic denervation on nitrergic neurotransmission in the canine colon. (poster)

180: Effects of extrinsic denervation and nitrergic neurotransmission on the canine ileocolonic junction. (poster)

181: HSP27 phosphorylation regulates smooth muscle contraction through modulation of actin-myosin interaction. (oral presentation)

182: Intrapyloric injection of botulinum toxin for treating post-nissen's dyspepsia and gas-bloat syndrome. (poster)

189: Oxidant-induced suppression of colonic motility. (poster)

190: Distribution of non-muscle markers in interstitial cells of cajal of guinea pig small intestine and colon. (oral presentation)

192: Multiple 5-HT₂ receptors mediate the contraction to 5-HT in the pig terminal ileal longitudinal smooth muscle. (poster)

194: Intestinal afferent nerve discharge following cholecystokinin in CCK-A receptor deficient rats. (oral presentation)

196: Altered function of the proximal stomach in slow transit constipation. (oral presentation)

197: A prospective study on the effect of laparoscopic hemifundoplication on proximal gastric motor and sensory function. (oral presentation)

200: Pharmacological investigation of the effect of corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) on the proximal colon of the conscious rat. (poster)

202: Manometric assessment of artificial bowel sphincter in 12 patients. (poster)

204: Intragastric acidity at the level of the cardia: relationships with body position, gastroesophageal reflux and transient LES relaxations. (oral presentation)

206: Left colonic motility is increased in non-constipated IBS patients. (poster)

211: Gastrooesophageal reflux (GOR): impact of oesophageal motor and clearance function and hiatal hernia. (poster)

214: Esophageal morphometry and zero-stress state in transgenic osteogenesis imperfecta mice. (poster)

215: Effects of polyamines and GABA on rat small intestine motility in vitro. (poster)

216: Proinflammatory cytokines induce upregulation of IL-6 mRNA expression in enteric glial cells. (poster)

218: Effect of caerulein on the sphincter of Oddi and duodenal motility in patients with suspected sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. (poster)

219: Severity of autonomic neuropathy correlates with postprandial but not fasting state upper gastrointestinal dysmotility patterns in diabetes mellitus. (poster)

222: Long-term small bowel manometry in the clinical evaluation of chronic constipation. (oral presentation)

225: Role of tachykinins (TKs) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in capsaicin-evoked excitatory and inhibitory motor responses of the guinea-pig common bile duct (CBD). (poster)

226: Analysis of candidate genes for intrinsic neuropathy in a family with chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. (poster)

227: Effects of sildenafil on esophageal motility of patients with idiopathic achalasia. (poster)

229: Abnormal esophago-cardiac reflex in patients with non cardiac chest pain (NCCP). (poster)

233: Tachykinin NK-2 receptors in colon circular muscle: characterization and comparison in diverticular disease and ulcerative colitis. (poster)

234: Caffeine increases colonic contractile activity but has no effect on gastric and small intestinal myoelectrical activity. (poster)

236: Postprandial gastric slow waves are impaired with rectal distension in healthy humans. (poster)

237: Electrical stimulation of acupuncture points prevents symptoms induced by vasopressin in dogs. (poster)

243: Modulation of muscularis mucosae and epithelial function in the rabbit distal colon in vitro. (poster)

245: The perception of esophageal stimuli is enhanced with an irregular stimulus presentation. (poster)

246: Chronic gastric ischemia-A pathophysiological basis of gastric dysrhythmias and gastroparesis in patients with mesenteric artery stenosis. (oral presentation)

248: Acid-induced esophageal shortening in opossum is associated with hyperresponsiveness of longitudinal muscle. (oral presentation)

250: Effects of age and gender on esophageal biomechanics and sensation. (poster)

252: Comparison of nitric oxide released from nitrergic nerves and from S-nitrosothiols in the mouse gastric fundus. (poster)

255: Perceptual sensitivity and response bias during rectal distention in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). (poster)

256: The effect of erythromycin on gastric emptying is modified by physiological changes in the blood glucose concentration. (poster)

257: Slowing gastric emptying reduces postprandial hypotension in the elderly. (poster)

259: Effects of posture and radial orientation on measurement of lower oesophageal sphincter relaxation with a sleeve sensor. (poster)

260: Patterns of gastro-oesophageal reflux in patients with chronic unexplained cough. (oral presentation)

261: TNBS-colitis in rabbits selectively affects excitatory and NANC inhibitory neural responses. (oral presentation)

262: Stimulation of pyloric tone by cholecystokinin is modulated by physiological changes in blood glucose. (poster)

263: Effects of intraduodenal glucose and fructose on antropyloric motility and appetite. (poster)

264: Aging impairs perception of gastric distension and delays gastric accommodation to a meal. (poster)

266: Two different doses of erythromycin in the treatment of delayed gastric emptying in critically ill patients. (poster)

267: Perception but not distension-induced pain is lowered with sumatriptan. (poster)

269: Meal temperature affects the gastric pacesetter activity in humans. (poster)

274: Inhibition of high-threshold jejunal mechanoreceptors by octreotide in the anaesthetized rat. (poster)

277: Projection and neurochemical coding of circular muscle motor neurons innervating the sphincter of Oddi (SO) in the australian possum. (poster)

278: Distribution and neurochemical coding of duodenal circular-muscle motor neurons in the australian possum. (poster)

284: Cortical and subcortical CNS activation patterns during distal gastric distention in healthy humans. (oral presentation)

286: Comparative scintigraphic gastric emptying of high and low fat meals of equal caloric contents in younger and older men and women. (poster)

287: Frequency of transient LES relaxations and air-liquid composition of gastro-esophageal reflux during gastric emptying. (oral presentation)

288: Simultaneous measurement of gastric emptying, transient LES relaxation and gastroesophageal reflux as detected by pH and intraluminal electrical impedance. (poster)

289: Endogenous nitric oxide has an excitatory effect on longitudinal muscle contraction and esophageal shortening in cats. (poster)

291: Effect of theophylline on nocioception and esophageal biomechanics in unexplained chest pain. (poster)

292: Ion channels diversity along the feline smooth muscle esophagus. (oral presentation)

295: Prucalopride enhances contractions of the electrically stimulated human stomach via 5-HT₄ receptor activation. (poster)

296: Time course of myenteric NOS expression in TNBS ileitis in guinea pigs. (poster)

297: Role of calcium stores in nitrergic neurotransmitter release in rat gastric fundus and duodenum. (poster)

299: The ileal brake as a function of the caloric content of a meal. (poster)

300: Central modulation of gastric motility by motilin. Involvement of vagal afferents. (poster)

302: An electrophysiological and pharmacological study of the innervation of the musculature of the rat esphagus. (poster)

303: Comparison of pig and human enteric neurons innervating the small intestinal mucosa. (poster)

304: Electrophysiological behaviour of morphological type II neurones in porcine ileal myenteric plexus. (oral presentation)

308: Impaired drinking capacity for water and a caloric liquid in dysmotility-like dyspeptic patients. (oral presentation)

310: Effect of endogenous and exogenous cholecystokinin on the proximal stomach. (oral presentation)

312: Non motilin versus motilin mediated effects of erythromycin on gastric emptying in conscious pigs. (poster)

313: Modulation of gastric vagal mechanosensitive afferents by ABT 229 and cisapride in anaesthetized pig. (poster)

314: Cortical representation of swallow urge in young healthy volunteers. (poster)

316: The D-isometric analog of the salivary gland tripeptide, FEG, reduces endotoxin induced activation in the rat intestine. (poster)

317: Progressive alterations in serotonergic control of smooth muscle in TNBS-induced colitis in rats. (poster)

318: Diabetes-induced alterations in colonic motility in rats: a defect in nerves or smooth muscle. (oral presentation)

320: Interstitial cells of cajal as sensory receptors for vagal afferents in the cat esophagus. (oral presentation)

321: Slow waves on demand? Distention-induced peristalsis in the mutant mouse and guinea pig intestine. (oral presentation)

322: Determinants of the occurrence and volume of individual flow pulses during gastric emptying of liquids in conscious dogs: importance of vagal input. (poster)

323: Absence of enteric nerves is associated with degeneration of ICC-DMP, but ICC-AP and peristalsis are present in newborn term infant. (poster)

324: Peripheral corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) increases FOS expression in the colonic myenteric plexus and fecal pellet output in rats. (poster)

327: Motor innervation in the canine rectoanal region. (poster)

328: Effect of ovarian hormones on intestinal mast cell reactivity to substance P and compound 48/80 in rats. (poster)

329: Role of NK2 receptors in gastric barosensitivity and in experimental ileus in rats. (poster)

332: Chronic stress stimulates cytokine expression in mice intestine. (poster)

337: Octreotide in refractory functional epigastric pain with nutritional impairment. (poster)

338: Acute effect of gastric pacing on electrical activity of the proximal duodenum in humans. (poster)

339: Is there a difference in the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms between type I and type II diabetics? (poster)

340: Peripheral CRF-induced stimulation of colonic motility and mucosal mast cells. Reversal by the CRF antagonist astressin in rats. (oral presentation)

342: CGRP protects against the small bowel ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats. (poster)

344: Sensitivity and specificity of a disposable acid burden sensor to predict pathological esophageal acid exposure. (poster)

345: Influence of motilin on meal-induced satiety in man. (oral presentation)

346: Duodeno-gastro-esophageal reflux in the supine position and mucosal lesions. (poster)

347: Role of bile reflux in patients with gastro-esophageal reflux-related ent symptoms. (poster)

351: Evidence for serotonin receptor subtypes on excitatory and inhibitory pathways and on smooth muscle cells in the rabbit colon. (poster)

352: Antro-pyloric motor activity after ingestion of solid and liquid nutrient meals. (poster)

354: Gastric emptying is transiently delayed in migraine-induced dyspepsia. (poster)

362: Recombinant human brain derived neurotrophic factor accelarates colonic transit and increases stool frequency in humans. (oral presentation)

363: Characterisation of intestinal receptors for VIP and PACAP in rat in a PAC₁ receptor knock-out mouse. (poster)

364: Non invasive assessment of gastric function after oesophagectomy. (poster)

369: Acute stress and experimental colitis alter the autonomic nervous system balance in a rat model of IBS. (oral presentation)

370: Somatostatin inhibits mast cell degranulation both in basal conditions and after peptone stimulation. (poster)

371: Regulation of intestinal mucosal mast cells (IMMC) by cholecystokinin (CCK) in the rat. (poster)

373: Functional responses of smooth muscle from worm free intestinal segments of Trichinella Spiralis infected rats. (poster)

374: Ionic currents involved in the cyclic activity displayed by rat colonic smooth muscle. (poster)

376: K⁺ Channels involved in the mechanisms of action of inhibitory transmitters in the circular muscle of the rat colon. (poster)