SINCE the classical study of intestinal motility by Bayliss and Starling 1 it has been generally assumed that the parasympathetic and the sympathetic components of the autonomic nervous system exert a ...

Bülbring, Lin and Schofield 1 have presented evidence which suggested that receptors of the sensory neurones subserving the peristaltic reflex in the isolated small intestine of the guinea pig, rabbit ...