Influence of caloric labyrinthine stimulation on oesophageal motor function

There is incomplete understanding of the factors regulating smooth muscle primary peristalsis and of the reflux-associated transient lower oesophageal sphincter relaxations which are under postural control and which occur independently of swallowing. We examined the effects of labyrinthine stimulation on basal lower oesophageal sphincter tone, the frequency of non-swallow associated lower oesophageal sphincter relaxation and on the amplitude of …