title: A 100-year perspective on gastrointestinal motility.
abstract: This contribution to the centennial commemorative issue of the American Journal of Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology identifies some of the important studies of spontaneous electrical and motor activity in the gastrointestinal tract published in the Journal between 1898 and 1996. Emphasis is given to the contributions made by Walter B. Cannon, Walter C. Alvarez, Emil Bozler, C. Ladd Prosser, and James Christensen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Szurszewski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000502:physiology*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history; D010528:Peristalsis / Q000502:physiology; D010827:Physiology / Q000266:history*