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. 2002 Jul;51(Suppl 1):i11–i14. doi: 10.1136/gut.51.suppl_1.i11

Visceral perception: sensory transduction in visceral afferents and nutrients

H Raybould
PMCID: PMC1867716  PMID: 12077056

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Diagrammatic representation of the effects of ingestion of free fatty acids on the visceral afferent nervous system. The chylomicron products are thought to signal to vagal afferent nerve terminals. Apo A-IV, apolipoprotein A-IV; CCK, cholecystokinin.

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A working model showing how luminal hexoses signal to primary afferents. GLUT, glucose transporter; SGLT, sodium-glucose cotransporter; 5-HT, serotonin.

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