Tag Jackie D. Wood

67.1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome The irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder present in 10%–20% of worldwide population. A functional disorder is the one for which no abnormal physical or metabolic process can be found to explain patienťs symptoms.…

15.1 The Gut's Brain The enteric nervous system (ENS) was first referred to as “the brain-in-the-gut” in a 1981 issue of the Annual Review of Physiology. Its status as an independent integrative nervous system, which determines motility and secretory behavior…