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Bülbring, Lin and Schofield1 have presented evidence which suggested that receptors of the sensory neurones subserving the peristaltic reflex in the isolated small intestine of the guinea pig, rabbit and cat are present in the mucous membrane. Ginzel2, on the other hand, showed that necrosis of the mucous membrane brought about by 30 per cent silver nitrate or 20 per cent tannic acid did not abolish the peristaltic reflex. He concluded that mucosal nerve fibres were not essential for this reflex.
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Bülbring, E., Lin, R. C. Y., and Schofield, G., Quart. J. Exp. Physiol., 43, 26 (1958).
Ginzel, K. H., Nature, 184, 1235 (1959).
Trendelenburg, P., Arch. Exp. Path. Pharmak., 81, 55 (1917).
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DIAMENT, M., KOSTERLITZ, H. & McKENZIE, J. Role of the Mucous Membrane in the Peristaltic Reflex in the Isolated Ileum of the Guinea Pig. Nature 190, 1205–1206 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1901205a0
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