1. Introduction

   • M. Fried
   • A. L. Blum
   • J. H. Meyer

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3S - 3S

2. Acknowledgments

   • M. Fried
   • A. L. Blum
   • J. H. Meyer

   Acknowledgments Pages: 4S - 4S

3. Role and integration of mechanisms controlling gastric emptying

   • M. Horowitz
   • J. Dent
   • G. Hebbard

   Review Article Pages: 7S - 13S

4. Axial forces during gastric emptying in health and models of disease

   • Michael Camilleri
   • Charlene M. Prather

   Section I: Role And Integration Of Mechanisms Controlling Gastric Emptying Pages: 14S - 17S

5. Control of gastric emptying by gastric tone

   • Fernando Azpiroz

   Section I: Role And Integration Of Mechanisms Controlling Gastric Emptying Pages: 18S - 19S

6. Gastric motility measurement by MRI

   • R. Fraser
   • W. Schwizer
   • M. Fried

   Section I: Role And Integration Of Mechanisms Controlling Gastric Emptying Pages: 20S - 23S

7. Vagal control of transpyloric flow and pyloric resistance

   • C. H. Malbert
   • C. Mathis
   • J. P. Laplace

   Section I: Role And Integration Of Mechanisms Controlling Gastric Emptying Pages: 24S - 27S

8. Modulation of pumping function of gastric body and antropyloric contractions

   • John Dent
   • Wei Ming Sun
   • Mehran Anvari

   Section I: Role And Integration Of Mechanisms Controlling Gastric Emptying Pages: 28S - 31S

9. Role and integration of mechanisms controlling gastric emptying

   • R. C. Heading

   Section I: Role And Integration Of Mechanisms Controlling Gastric Emptying Pages: 32S - 34S

10. Feedback regulation and sensation

    • N. W. Read

    Review Article Pages: 35S - 40S

11. Gastroduodenal sensory mechanisms and CCK in inhibition of gastric emptying in response to a meal

    • Helen E. Raybould
    • Tilman T. Zittel
    • James H. Meyer

    Section II: Feedback Regulation And Sensation Pages: 41S - 43S

12. Role of 5-hydroxytryptamine in gastrointestinal chemosensitivity

    • D. Grundy
    • L. A. Blackshaw
    • K. Hillsley

    Section II: Feedback Regulation And Sensation Pages: 44S - 47S

13. Modulation of gastric perception and motility in man

    • D. G. Thompson

    Section II: Feedback Regulation And Sensation Pages: 48S - 50S

14. Conscious perception of gut activity

    • Juan-R. Malagelada

    Section II: Feedback Regulation And Sensation Pages: 51S - 53S

15. Abnormal intestinal feedback in disorders of gastric emptying

    • Henry C. Lin

    Section II: Feedback Regulation And Sensation Pages: 54S - 55S

16. Feedback regulation and sensation

    • James H. Meyer

    Section II: Feedback Regulation And Sensation Pages: 56S - 59S

17. Mediators and enteric nerve pathways controlling gastric emptying

    • Edwin Daniel
    • Gervais Tougas
    • Jo-Ann Fox-Threlkeld

    Review Article Pages: 61S - 68S

18. Excitation-contraction coupling in gastric muscles

    • Kenton M. Sanders
    • Nelson G. Publicover

    Section III: Mediation: Muscle Receptors, Neurotransmitters, And Drugs Pages: 69S - 72S

19. Role of NO in pyloric, antral, and duodenal motility and its interaction with other inhibitory mediators

    • Hans-Dieter Allescher
    • Edwin E. Daniel

    Section III: Mediation: Muscle Receptors, Neurotransmitters, And Drugs Pages: 73S - 75S

20. Motilin receptor: A model for development of prokinetics

    • Theo L. Peeters
    • Inge Depoortere

    Section III: Mediation: Muscle Receptors, Neurotransmitters, And Drugs Pages: 76S - 78S

21. Nitric oxide and gastric relaxation

    • Jan A. J. Schuurkes
    • Ann L. Meulemans

    Section III: Mediation: Muscle Receptors, Neurotransmitters, And Drugs Pages: 79S - 81S

22. Neurochemical basis of reflex relaxation in gastric corpus

    • G. J. Dockray

    Section III: Mediation: Muscle Receptors, Neurotransmitters, And Drugs Pages: 82S - 85S

23. Muscle receptors, neurotransmitters, and drugs

    • Thomas F. Burks

    Section III: Mediation: Muscle Receptors, Neurotransmitters, And Drugs Pages: 86S - 88S

24. Methods to study gastric emptying

    • G. Vantrappen

    Review Article Pages: 89S - 94S

25. Gastric motility and emptying studies with radionuclides in research and clinical settings

    • L. M. A. Akkermans
    • J. W. Van Isselt

    Section IV: Methods To Study Gastric Emptying Pages: 95S - 96S

26. volume measurements of gastric antrum by 3-D ultrasonography and flow measurements through the pylorus by duplex technique

    • Arnold Berstad
    • Trygve Hausken
    • Svein Ødegaard

    Section IV: Methods To Study Gastric Emptying Pages: 97S - 100S

27. Measurement of gastric emptying and gastric motility by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

    • W. Schwizer
    • R. Fraser
    • M. Fried

    Section IV: Methods To Study Gastric Emptying Pages: 101S - 103S

28. [*C]Octanoic acid breath test to measure gastric emptying rate of solids

    • B. D. Maes
    • Y. F. Ghoos
    • G. Vantrappen

    Section IV: Methods To Study Gastric Emptying Pages: 104S - 106S

29. Gastric emptying of liquid meals measured noninvasively in humans with [¹³C]Acetate breath test

    • Sandro Mossi
    • Beat Meyer-Wyss
    • Reto Brignoli

    Section IV: Methods To Study Gastric Emptying Pages: 107S - 109S

30. Role of electrogastrography and gastric impedance measurements in evaluation of gastric emptying and motility

    • A. J. P. M. Smout
    • H. J. A. Jebbink
    • P. P. M. Bruijs

    Section IV: Methods To Study Gastric Emptying Pages: 110S - 113S

31. Methods to study gastric emptying

    • Michael Fried

    Section IV: Methods To Study Gastric Emptying Pages: 114S - 115S

32. Clinical relevance of research in gastric emptying

    • André L. Blum

    Section V: What Is The Clinical Relevance Of Gastric Emptying?—Group Discussions Pages: 117S - 119S

33. Role and integration of mechanisms controlling gastric emptying

    • D. L. Wingate
    • G. Stacher
    • C. Kreiss

    Section V: What Is The Clinical Relevance Of Gastric Emptying?—Group Discussions Pages: 120S - 123S

34. Feedback regulation and sensation

    • Vincenzo Stanghellini
    • Jan Borovicka
    • Nick W. Read

    Section V: What Is The Clinical Relevance Of Gastric Emptying?—Group Discussions Pages: 124S - 127S

35. Mediation, muscle receptors, neurotransmitters, and drugs

    • Paul Enck
    • Lionel Bueno
    • Florian Froehlich

    Section V: What Is The Clinical Relevance Of Gastric Emptying?—Group Discussions Pages: 128S - 129S

36. Methods to study gastric emptying

    • Andreas Smout
    • Michael Horowitz
    • David Armstrong

    Section V: What Is The Clinical Relevance Of Gastric Emptying?—Group Discussions Pages: 130S - 132S