Müller's law

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Müller's law

[mil′ərz, mYl-]

Etymology: Johannes P. Müller

the principle that each type of sensory nerve cell normally responds to only one specific stimulus and gives rise to one sensation. A cell may be excited artificially by other forms of stimuli, but the sensation evoked will be the same. Also called law of specific nerve energies.

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