Arterial chemoreceptors [electronic resource] / [edited by] Constancio Gonzalez, Colin A. Nurse, Chris Peers.

The carotid body arterial chemoreceptors constitute unique sensory receptors capable of rapidly monitoring the levels of arterial blood oxygen and carbon dioxide. Whenever necessary they initiate homeostatic reflexes aimed to correct the detected deviations. Chemoreceptor cells of the carotid body c...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors:	Gonzalez, Constancio, Nurse, Colin A., Peers, C. (Christopher)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Dordrecht] : Springer, ©2009.
Series:	Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; 648.
Subjects:	Chemoreceptors. Respiration > Regulation.