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Science 19 December 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3912, pp. 1519 - 1520
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3912.1519
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Afferent Discharges from Osmoreceptors in the Liver of the Guinea Pig

A. Niijima 1

1 Department of Physiology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Niigata, Japan

Afferent activity from vagal nerve filament of guinea pig liver was recorded. Perfusion of liver by hypertonic solution caused an increase in firing rate. There may be osmoreceptors in the liver.


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