Abstract
VAGAL afferents in several vertebrate species have been extensively described1, but we are unaware of any previous recording of afferent activity in the vagus nerve of a primate. The opportunity arose to study these in the monkey Macaca mulatta.
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CHAPMAN, K., PEARCE, J. Vagal Afferents in the Monkey. Nature 184, 1237–1238 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841237a0
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