Novel sensory trigger for gastrocolonic response.
Lev DorfmanAnundorn WongteerasutKhalil El-ChammasRashmi SahayLin FeiAjay KaulPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2023)
Visualizing or smelling food resulted in a significant increase in baseline MI in more than 50% of patients. Our findings propose a novel, alternate pathway that can induce GCR. This central sensory pathway may have clinical relevance in the diagnosis and management of patients with colonic dysmotility.