Figure 4 - Reflex contraction of the esophagogastric junction recorded by a reverse perfused sleeve sensor equipped with electrodes to record crural DEMG activity.


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Sphincter mechanisms at the lower end of the esophagus

Ravinder K. Mittal and Raj K. Goyal

GI Motility online (2006)

doi:10.1038/gimo14

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Note the rapid increase in EGJP and crural DEMG activity with each of the two straight leg raises (SLRs). (Source: Sivri and Mittal61, with permission from Amercian Gastroenterological Association.)

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