The carotid body chemoreceptors

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This book presents new facts and perspectives in the activation of the carotid body chemoreceptors. It provides specialists in cellular physiology with a clear picture of the significance of the carotid body in the physiology of the intact organism, and allows system physiologists a contact with the mechanisms involved in the genesis of the responses observed. This book is designed to serve that section of the scientific community devoted to the study of the control of the respiratory and cardiovascular function in general, and constitutes an obligatory reference for arterial chemoreceptor researchers.