Esophageal pain [electronic resource] / [edited by] Ravinder K. Mittal, MD.

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.