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Experiments on decerebration have brought to light an interesting inverse relationship between the phosphatases of two digestive components, at least up to a week. With the activation of all the gastric phosphatases, intestinal phosphatases are inhibited. This has been correlated with metabolic metameric control in leech.
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Dev, B., Mishra, G.C. Effect of decerebration on the enzymatic system of stomach and intestine of Indian cattle leech, Poecilobdella granulosa . Z. F. Parasitenkunde 52, 97–101 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00380563
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