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Hiccups: A new explanation for the mysterious reflex
Bioessays 34 (6):451-453 (2012)
Abstract
Graphical AbstractThe hiccup may have evolved to remove swallowed air from the stomach, which may help suckling mammals to consume more milk.My notes
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Emergence of Levels of Self: A New theory of Consciousness.Pooja Soni - 2020 - Oxford, UK: Pertinent Press.
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A phylogenetic hypothesis for the origin of hiccough.C. Straus, K. Vasilakos, R. J. A. Wilson, T. Oshima, M. Zelter, J.-Ph Derenne, T. Similowski & W. A. Whitelaw - 2003 - Bioessays 25 (2):182-188.
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