Abstract
The present situation of the theoretical studies and experimental material concerning the potential presence of virtual nucleon excited states (isobars) in nuclei is reported. Three particular aspects are examined: the theoretical work devoted to the isobar content of nuclei (especially deuteron), the experimental material concerning isobar exchange and the attempts to obtain a direct evidence for such objects in the deuteron (spectator method).

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