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Sensory signal transduction in the vagal primary afferent neurons.
Current medicinal chemistry - 1 Jan 2007
Li Ying
Abstract excerpt
The vagal nerve conveys primary afferent information from the intestinal mucosa to the brain stem. Activation of vagal afferent fibers results in inhibition of food intake, gastric emptying, and stimulation of pancreatic secretion. Afferents nerves terminating near to the mucosa are in a position to monitor the composition of the luminal contents. As afferents do not project directly into the lumen, their...
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