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This work was supported in part by grant DK32346 from the National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and Veterans Administration Research Service.

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Sarna, S.K. Physiology and pathophysiology of colonic motor activity. Digest Dis Sci 36, 827–862 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01311244

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