sham feeding

During the sham feeding of appetizing foods, 3cpm power increased.

This increase was not reported in the sham feeding of unappetizing foods.

Sham feeding is the role of the central nervous system in the regulation of gastric secretion.

Powell demonstrated, in dogs with oesophageal fistulas, that sham feeding causes a hydrocholeresis, showing that there is a cephalic phase of bile secretion, albeit a relatively small one.

Sham feeding is another technique to aid the development of later feeding skills in children who have undergone surgery to correct tracheo-oesophageal fistula (a congenital hole between the wind and food pipe).

The change in gastric acid secretion, between basal acid secretion and stimulated acid secretion, that occurred during the first 30 minutes after sham feeding was compared with the change in urine acid output (DUAO) over the same period.