Plasticity of central chemoreceptors: effect of bilateral carotid body resection on central CO2 sensitivity.
Human breathing is regulated by feedback and feed-forward control mechanisms, allowing a strict matching between metabolic needs and the uptake of oxygen in the lungs. The most important control mechanism, the metabolic ventilatory control system, is fine-tuned by two sets of chemoreceptors, the per...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1925127?pdf=render |