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On the action of adrenalin.
J. Physiol. (Lond.), 31, Proc. Physiol. Soc., pp. xx-xxi. 1904.
The first intimation of the chemical mediation of nerve impulses was given in Elliott’s suggestion that when a sympathetic nerve impulse arrives at a smooth-muscle cell it liberates adrenaline, which acts as a chemical stimulator.
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| Entry Number | #1336 |
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| External URL | on-the-action-of-adrenalin |