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Psychosomatic Medicine 32:515-522 (1970)
© 1970 American Psychosomatic Society

Sensory Deprivation on Visceral Activity

II. The effect of auditory and vestibular deprivation on canine gastric secretion

H. SCHAPIRO PhD1, C. W. GROSS MD1, T. NAKAMURA MD1, L. D. WRUBLE MD1, and L. G. BRITT MD1

1 Departments of Anatomy, Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology) and Surgery, University of Tennessee Medical Units and Research Laboratories VA Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.

Address for reprint requests: H. Schapiro, PhD, University of Tennessee Medical Units, Department of Anatomy, Memphis, Tenn 38103

A range for gastric acid output and pepsin concentration was determined in 4 dogs with gastric cannulas. The auditory and vestibular inputs for each dog were then eliminated. A marked inhibition of gastric secretory output occurred in all dogs over a 4-month period.

Submitted on April 10, 1970
Revised on May 25, 1970






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