Current research into effective treatments for gastroparesis is focused on agonists of motilin, a peptide hormone that accelerates gastric emptying. McCallum and colleagues studied whether ...

Sugary foods can also disrupt how some of our digestive hormones are produced. Motilin is a hormone released when we haven't ...

In all vertebrate species, ghrelin is mainly produced in the stomach. Ghrelin-containing cells in the stomach are more abundant in the fundus than in the pylorus. 3 The X/A-like cells in the ...

“Caffeine increases gastrointestinal hormones such as CCK (cholecystokinin), gastrin and motilin, which can increase the motility of the intestines and help with smooth muscle contraction,” says Boxer ...

Jointly awarded the 1998 Discoverer’s Award by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). Exploration actions mediated by NK3, ghrelin and motilin receptors. Consultant on ...

A diet low in fat and fiber, taken in small, frequent meals, has been advocated, although different diets have not been rigorously compared in patients with gastroparesis. Nutrient liquids might ...

COT, cross-over trial; RCT, randomized controlled trial.

Like somatostatin, it also suppresses LH response to GnRH, decreases splanchnic blood flow, and inhibits release of serotonin, gastrin, vasoactive intestinal peptide, secretin, motilin ...

Fetal haemopoiesis marking low-grade urinary bladder cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 26 June 2012; 1-5 J Broad et al., Regional- and agonist- dependent facilitation of human neurogastrointestinal ...