1. Since intermittent ischaemia may play an important role in the aetiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, particularly Crohn's Disease, a pharmacological model of neuronal ischaemia was applied to guinea-pig isolated intestinal preparations to mimic the acute effects of reduced blood flow on intestinal motility. 2. Neuro-effector transmission and smooth muscle performance were examined in myen...

Brian Vaillant, MD Sheng-Han Kuo, MD John de Groot, MD NEURO-ONCOLOGY: EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES Neuro-oncology is a unique, developing neurologic subspecialty that combines many aspects of neurology with those of cancer biology. The neurooncologist is expert in both the diagnosis and management of primary brain tumors and neurologic complications of cancer. A career in neuro-oncology presents opp...