STRUCTURAL BASES OF GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY CHANGES IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE: STUDY IN RATS.
José Cirlanio Sousa AlbuquerqueTiago Santos MendesMaria Girlane Sousa Albuquerque BrandãoAnnyta Fernandes FrotaThomas Dominik de Souza Dos ReisLissiana Magna Vasconcelos AguiarJosé Ronaldo Vasconcelos da GraÇaPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery (2021)
Parkinson's disease compromises gastric emptying, as well as intestinal transit, but does not alter gastric compliance. The delay in gastric emptying was reversed by truncal vagotomy, splanchnotomy and celiac ganglionectomy, suggesting the involvement of such pathways in delaying gastric emptying.
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