Alexandria H Lim, Chris Varghese, Gabrielle H Sebaratnam, Gabriel Schamberg, Stefan Calder, Armen A Gharibans, Christopher N Andrews, Daphne Foong, Vincent Ho, Shunichi Ishida, Yohsuke Imai, Michelle R Wise, Gregory O'Grady
Chronic gastroduodenal symptoms disproportionately affect females of childbearing age; however, the effect of menstrual cycling on gastric electrophysiology is poorly defined. To establish the effect of the menstrual cycle on gastric electrophysiology, healthy subjects underwent non-invasive Body Surface Gastric Mapping (BSGM; 8x8 array), with validated symptom logging App (Gastric AlimetryⓇ, New Zealand). Participants were premenopausal females in follicular (n=26) and luteal phases (n=18). Postmenopausal females (n=30) and males (n=51) were controls...
May 7, 2024: American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology