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IT has been shown that there are in the cervical vagus of the cat certain afferent fibres which yield a discharge of impulses a few seconds after an intravenous injection of phenyldiguanide1 or 5-hydroxytryptamine2. The normal functions of these afferents have now been investigated. Most of these afferents end in stretch receptors in the wall of the stomach; apparently this is the first description of such receptors.
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PAINTAL, A. Impulses in Vagal Afferent Fibres from Stretch Receptors in the Stomach and their Role in the Peripheral Mechanism of Hunger. Nature 172, 1194–1195 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/1721194a0
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