Fernando De Castro and the discovery of the arterial chemoreceptors

Fernando De Castro and the discovery of the arterial chemoreceptors

When De Castro entered the carotid body (CB) field, the organ was considered to be a small autonomic ganglion, a gland, a glomus or glomerulus, or a paraganglion. In his 1928 paper, De Castro concluded: In sum, the Glomus caroticum is innervated by centripetal fibers, whose trophic centers are loca...

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Main Authors: Constancio eGonzalez, Silvia eConde, Teresa eGallego-Martin, Elena eOlea, Elvira eGonzalez-Obeso, Maria eRamirez, Sara eYubero, Maria Teresa Agapito, Angela eGomez-Niño, Ana eObeso, Ricardo eRigual, Asuncion eRocher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Subjects:
Carotid Body
Ion Channels
Sensory Physiology
Fernado de Castro
Arterial Chemoreceptorss
Transduction Cascade
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2014.00025/full

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