Chapter 1 History of Development of Gastrointestinal Physiology: From Antiquity to Modern Period and the Birth of Modern Digestive Physiology

Chapter 2 Structural and Functional Organization of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 3 Cellular Organization of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 4 Intercellular Network of Junctions of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 5 Molecular Mechanisms of Gastrointestinal Signaling

Chapter 6 Gastrointestinal Growth and Development: From Embryo to Adult. The Aging Gut

Chapter 7 Gastrointestinal Motor Function

Chapter 8 Gastrointestinal Hormones

Chapter 9 Neural Secretions and Regulation of Gut Functions

Chapter 10 Immunomodulatory Functions of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 11 Gastrointestinal Exocrine (Lumencrine) Secretions. The Reception Theory as the Basis for Developing the First Antisecretory Pharmacotherapy Drugs

Chapter 12 Chemical Digestion, Absorption, and Transport

Chapter 13 Excretory Functions of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Defecation

Chapter 15 Functional Relationship Between the Gut and Other Tissues/Organs of the Body