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Psychosomatic Medicine 33:429-435 (1971)
© 1971 American Psychosomatic Society

Sensory Deprivation on Visceral Activity

III. The Effect of Olfactory Deprivation of Canine Gastric Secretion

H. SCHAPIRO PhD1, L. G. BRITT MD1, C. W. GROSS MD1, and K. J. GAINES AB1

1 Departments of Anatomy, Surgery and Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Tennessee Medical Units and the Memphis VA Hospital Memphis, Tenn.

H. Schapiro, PhD, Department of Anatomy, University of Tennessee Medical Units, 800 Madison Ave, Memphis, Tenn 38103

A range for gastric acid output and pepsin concentration was determined in 7 dogs with gastric cannulas. There was marked inhibition of gastric secretory output in 4 dogs over a 4-month period after olfactory input was eliminated. Craniotomy in 3 dogs had no effect on gastric secretory output.

Revised on April 7, 1971






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