Circulatory, motor and secretory functions involved in the digestive process are regulated by local mechanisms in the gastrointestinal tract which are triggered by the presence of food in the gut and by the activity in the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system.
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Kerstin Uvnäs‐Moberg (1987) studied this question.
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