Non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic reflex secretion of parotid saliva in rats elicited by mastication and acid applied on the tongue

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 697-700

  Ekstrom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ATROPINE; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MASTICATION; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PAROTID GLAND; RAT; REFLEX; SALIVATION; TONGUE;

EID: 0031670410     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1998.sp004150     Document Type: Article

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