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RECENTLY Bülbring and co-workers1,2 abolished the peristaltic reflex in an isolated piece of intestine by scraping off its mucous membrane and assigned an essential role in the initiation of the reflex to processes of sensory neurones which are distributed to the intestinal mucosa.
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GINZEL, K. Are Mucosal Nerve Fibres Essential for the Peristaltic Reflex?. Nature 184, 1235–1236 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841235b0
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