scholarly journals How to consider the celiac nerves, confused or exclusively inhibitory, for the movements of the small intestines

1912 ◽  
Vol XIX (4) ◽  
pp. 848-854
Author(s):  
A. Leman
Keyword(s):  
Motor Function ◽  
Inhibitory Function ◽  
Intestinal Activity ◽  
Small Intestines ◽  
Exciting Action

The question of whether the celiac nerves are exclusively inhibitory for the movements of thin whales or they also have an exciting action, that is, the ability to cause or enhance movements, must be considered as yet completely unresolved. Some authors, dealing with this issue, came to the conclusion that exclusively inhibitory function is inherent in the celiac nerve, while others believe that, as far as their influence on intestinal activity is concerned, they are not exclusively inhibitory, but they also recognize motor function. The question is, on whose side is the truth?

The Mental Regulation of Intestinal Activity

1935 ◽  
Vol 81 (333) ◽  
pp. 376-388
Author(s):  
J. M. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Motor Function ◽  
Habit Formation ◽  
Conditional Reflex ◽  
Proper Function ◽  
Ménière’S Disease ◽  
Rational Basis ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
Intestinal Activity ◽  
Colonic Motor ◽  
Mental Aspect

The control of the colonic motor function, and especially of the series of events which lead to defecation, is generally recognized as being a subject of the greatest importance in medicine; and, more particularly, the possibilities of varying that control. There are a large number of diseases that may, in special instances or in general, be due to constipation and inefficient elimination of waste products. Constipation has been claimed as the first step towards the different catastrophes ranging from Menière's disease and otosclerosis, gout, hyperpiesia and certain of the rheumatisms, to cases of hernia and abnormal presentation. It is my endeavour to look upon it as being even more prominently a secondary manifestation, a symptom of an even more widespread condition—mental misapplication and disorders of mental forces. With this in mind and dealing with an argument that is already proved to some degree in its most marked details, it is hoped to present, not masses of data and deduction so much as an illustration of the value, and even a hint at the frequent therapeutic necessity of orientating the various causation circles in this direction. As a cause, and especially of these mental difficulties themselves, constipation is well enough stressed; constipation as a result has not yet been sufficiently realized, nor attacked rationally from its base. The words “habit formation” cover most of the therapeutic efforts from the mental side, and that is conceived very much as a time-conditional reflex of purely physical determination. A more definite idea, then, of the mental aspect of intestinal motor function may be helpful, and especially so when so many of the habitual purgative class of drug are being authoritatively questioned as being disorganizing to this proper function. The treatment of constipation is hardly yet on a successful or rational basis.

Prevalence of Speech Problems and the Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Registry-Based Study in Norway

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guro Andersen ◽  
Tone R. Mjøen ◽  
Torstein Vik
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Motor Function ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Gross Motor Function ◽  
Children With Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Communicative Abilities ◽  
Normal Speech

Abstract This study describes the prevalence of speech problems and the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) in Norway. Information on the communicative abilities of 564 children with CP born 1996–2003, recorded in the Norwegian CP Registry, was collected. A total of 270 children (48%) had normal speech, 90 (16%) had slightly indistinct speech, 52 (9%) had indistinct speech, 35 (6%) had very indistinct speech, 110 children (19%) had no speech, and 7 (1%) were unknown. Speech problems were most common in children with dyskinetic CP (92 %), in children with the most severe gross motor function impairments and among children being totally dependent on assistance in feeding or tube-fed children. A higher proportion of children born at term had speech problems when compared with children born before 32 weeks of gestational age 32 (p > 0.001). Among the 197 children with speech problems only, 106 (54%) used AAC in some form. Approximately 20% of children had no verbal speech, whereas ~15% had significant speech problems. Among children with either significant speech problems or no speech, only 54% used AAC in any form.

Effect of fatty meal on pyloric motor function and transpyloric flow

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A288-A288
Author(s):  
N PALLOTTA ◽  
F BACCINI ◽  
E CALABRESE
Keyword(s):  
Motor Function ◽  
Fatty Meal ◽  
Transpyloric Flow

Development of the corticospinal system and hand motor function: central conduction times and motor performance tests

2000 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
U M Fietzek ◽  
F Heinen ◽  
S Berweck ◽  
S Maute ◽  
A Hufschmidt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Function ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Corticospinal System
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