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On the action of adrenalin.

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J. Physiol. (Lond.), 31, Proc. Physiol. Soc., pp. xx-xxi. 1904 CE.

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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