Abstract
Perhaps because normal gut movements are not consciously perceived, much emphasis has been placed on control by enteric nerves and ‘gut hormones’; now that it is clear that the latter are common to both brain and gut, closer study of the ‘brain-gut’ axis is required and we have developed a model for this (1,2).
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Ewart WR and Wingate DL. (1983) Central representation and opioid modulation of gastric mechanoreceptor activity in the rat. Am J Physiol 244 G27 - G32
Ewart WR and Wingate DL. (1983) Cholecystokinin-octapeptide and gastric mechanoreceptor activity in the rat brain. Am J Physiol 244 G613 - G619
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Ewart, W.R., Wingate, D.L. (1984). The Brain-Gut Axis: a Physiological Model. In: Roman, C. (eds) Gastrointestinal Motility. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9352-1_93
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