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Plasticity of the receptive relaxation reflex. Representative traces depicting the gastric response to esophageal distension in a fed rat are shown. Note that, 2 h after a meal, a 60-s-long esophageal distension induces an increase in gastric tone but no stomach relaxation. Conversely, the esophageal-induced gastric relaxation increases and the gastric tone decreases with time after meal ingestion. At 7 h after a meal, esophageal distension induces gastric relaxation only.
