REASON FOR PERFORMING STUDY Management regimes have been identified as risk factors for equine intestinal motility disorders. However, it is not known how management factors affect gastrointestinal motility. HYPOTHESIS Large intestinal motility was similar in horses on a stabled and a pastured management regime. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of 2 different management regimes on large ...

SMALL bowel transplantation (SBT) has become clinically feasible. The surgical procedure including transection. denervation. and ischemia may alter intestinal motility. A study of motility in the transplanted smail bowel may help increase the understanding of clinical problems. such as diarrhea. which are frequently seen after SBT. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of SBT on...

Human intestinal motility is presented by the propagation of peristaltic waves with their frequencies gradually decreasing along the length of the small bowel. This paper describes a heuristic method, which can be used towards interpreting intestinal motility through recognizing their frequency characteristics from capsule endoscopy image sequences. First, image features that reflect peristalti...

Maropitant is a neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1R) antagonist that is clinically used as a new anti-emetic drug for dogs. Substance P (SP) and its receptor NK1R are considered to modulate gastrointestinal peristalsis. In addition, SP works as an inflammatory mediator in gastrointestinal diseases. Aim of this study is to clarify the effects of maropitant on intestinal motility and inflammation in mice...

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used to treat a number of conditions, and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are often used to prevent NSAID-induced gastric mucosal damage; however, the effects of NSAIDs on intestinal motility are poorly understood. The purpose of the present study is to determine the effects of a prototypical NSAID, indomethacin, either alone or in conjunct...

important in those centres that provide services outside the National Health Service as some of these higher multiple births will require intensive care in inadequately funded health service cots. Perhaps a start could be made if there were agreement that an insurance policy should be taken out by those involved in these forms of treatment to cover the cost of neonatal intensive care should thi...