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The law of dependence of the magnitude of reflexes on the strength of the stimulus is not less pronounced in acid-defense conditioned reflexes than in food reflexes.
The absence of consistent dependence of the effect on the strength of the stimulus noted by other authors was due to the peculiarities of the methods employed by them. If in formation of acid reflexes the acid is poured into the mouth of the animal on one side, while the salivary secretion is recorded on the other the conditioned reflexes show instability and the effect does not depend on the strength of the stimulus. This does not occur when the salivary secretion is recorded for the gland on the side of acid introduction.
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Bykov, V.D. The dependence of the effect of stimulus strength in acid-defense conditioned reflexes. Bull Exp Biol Med 46, 920–924 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00787325
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00787325