Ivan Pavlov Article

What were Ivan Pavlov’s contributions?

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In addition to his conditioning work, Ivan Pavlov devised an operation to prepare a miniature stomach, which was isolated from ingested foods but retained its vagal nerve supply. The procedure allowed him to study the gastrointestinal secretions in animals. For his efforts he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1904.