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The Central Nervous Connections Involved in the Vomiting Reflex

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Nausea and Vomiting: Mechanisms and Treatment

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The vomiting reflex may be elicited by a number of different types or classes of stimuli involving many varieties of receptor structures and considerable diversity in afferent pathways and central connections. Central relay or mediating structures thus may vary widely according to the type of initial emetic stimulus.

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  1. Department of Neurobiology, Delta Regional Primate Research Center, Tulane University, Three Rivers Road, Covington, Louisiana, 70433, USA

    K. R. Brizzee

  2. NASA/Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 94035, USA

    W. R. Mehler

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  1. Royal Navy, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK

    Christopher J. Davis BSc (Hons), MB, BS, AKC (Surgeon Lieutenant Commander, Senior Specialist in Applied Physiology (Royal Navy) and Research Training Fellow) (Surgeon Lieutenant Commander, Senior Specialist in Applied Physiology (Royal Navy) and Research Training Fellow)

  2. University Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Radcliffe Infirmary, OX2 6HE, Oxford, UK

    Christopher J. Davis BSc (Hons), MB, BS, AKC (Surgeon Lieutenant Commander, Senior Specialist in Applied Physiology (Royal Navy) and Research Training Fellow) (Surgeon Lieutenant Commander, Senior Specialist in Applied Physiology (Royal Navy) and Research Training Fellow)

  3. Medical Department, Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd (UK), OX12 ODQ, Wantage Oxfordshire, UK

    Gerry V. Lake-Bakaar BSc (Hons), MD, MRCP (Research Gastroenterology Physician and Director of Medical Affairs) (Research Gastroenterology Physician and Director of Medical Affairs)

  4. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    David G. Grahame-Smith MA, MB, BSc, PhD, FRCP (Rhodes Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Honorary Director of the MRC Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and Honorary Consultant, Physician) (Rhodes Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Honorary Director of the MRC Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and Honorary Consultant, Physician)

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    David G. Grahame-Smith MA, MB, BSc, PhD, FRCP (Rhodes Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Honorary Director of the MRC Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and Honorary Consultant, Physician) (Rhodes Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Honorary Director of the MRC Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and Honorary Consultant, Physician)

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Brizzee, K.R., Mehler, W.R. (1986). The Central Nervous Connections Involved in the Vomiting Reflex. In: Davis, C.J., Lake-Bakaar, G.V., Grahame-Smith, D.G. (eds) Nausea and Vomiting: Mechanisms and Treatment. Advances in Applied Neurological Sciences, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70479-6_4

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