Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Neuro Gastroenterology and Motility

Neurogastroenterology is a subspecialty of gastroenterology that overlaps with neurology Neurogastroenterology encompasses the examine of the mind, the intestine, and their interactions with relevance to the understanding and control of gastrointestinal motility and functional gastrointestinal problems. Motility issues are the second classification of gastrointestinal disorder studied through neurogastroenterologists. Motility disorders are divided via what they affect, with 4 areas: The esophagus, the stomach, the small intestines, and the large intestines. clinical studies in neurogastroenterology focuses particularly on the study of common motility disorders consisting of gastroesophageal reflux ailment, the damage of the mucosa of the esophagus caused by rising stomach acid through the lower esophageal sphincter.