Heartburn and esophageal pain : scope of the problem / John Dent -- Functional heartburn : what is it? / Ronnie Fass -- Nature of esophageal pain receptors / Amanda J. Page and Ashley Blackshaw -- Vagal and spinal distension sensitive primary afferents of the esophagus : implications for visceral nociceptors / Raj K. Goyal -- The esophageal mucosa and heartburn / Roy C. Orlando -- Neutral reflux (weakly acid) in typical and atypical GERD symptoms / Daniel Sifrim -- Longitudinal muscle contraction, TLESR, reflux & pain / Ravinder Mittal -- Biomechanics of sensation / Hans Gregersen and Asbjørn Mohr Drewes -- Molecular pathways and their sensitization / Pankaj Jay Pasricha -- Cortical processing of esophageal pain / Adeyemi Lawal and Reza Shaker -- Esophageal hypersensitivity : is it peripheral or central? / A. Sharma and Qasim Aziz -- Diagnostic strategy for esophageal pain / Peter J. Kahrilas -- How to treat esophageal chest pain / Satish S.C. Rao -- New drugs on the horizon for the treatment of esophageal pain / Anders Lehmann. |