Neuromuscular disorders impairing gastric motor function

Several common neurologic disorders can affect gastrointestinal motility by altering the parasympathetic or sympathetic supply to the gut.

X: vagal nuceli; CNS: central nervous system; CVA: cerebrovascular accident; SCG: sympathetic chain ganglia.

Reproduced with permission from: Camilleri M, Prather CM. In: Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal Disease, 6th ed, Feldman M, Scharschmidt BF, Sleisenger MH (Eds), WB Saunders, Philadelphia 1998. p.572.

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Neuromuscular disorders impairing gastric motor function