Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders,an issue of gastroenterology clinics of north america

Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders,an issue of gastroenterology clinics of north america
CONTENTS VOLUME 36 NUMBER 3 SEPTEMBER 2007
This issue of Gastroenterology Clinics of North America focuses on an important
area in gastroenterology for both clinicians and researchers: neurogastroenterology
and gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders. GI motility
and functional GI disorders are common reasons for patients to see physicians.
Knowledge of GI motility disorders, including the evaluation and treatment of
these disorders, is important for gastroenterologists, clinicians, and health care
providers to appropriately care for these frequently seen patients in clinical
practice.
Gastrointestinal motility can be defined as motor activity in the digestive tract
that mixes ingested food with digestive juices and moves luminal contents of
the gastrointestinal tract in an aboral direction from the mouth toward the
anus. A better understanding of the pathophysiology of GI motility disorders
has revealed a crucial role of the enteric, autonomic, and central nervous system.
In fact, the term neurogastroenterology was introduced in the early 1990s to
account for the study of these processes. As with any new term, there was resistance
to its introduction. The breakthrough came when the editorial board of
the Journal of Gastrointestinal Motility changed its name to Neurogastroenterology and
Motility in 1994. The European Society changed its name in 1996; recently, the
American Society became the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility
Society, and the International Group became the International Society of Neurogastroenterology
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