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Carotid body chemoreceptors, sympathetic neural activation, and cardiometabolic disease

The carotid body (CB) is the main peripheral chemoreceptor that senses the arterial PO(2), PCO(2) and pH. In response to hypoxemia, hypercapnia and acidosis, carotid chemosensory discharge elicits reflex respiratory, autonomic and cardiovascular adjustments. The classical construct considers the CB...

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Autores principales: Iturriaga, Rodrigo, Del Rio, Rodrigo, Idiaquez, Juan, Somers, Virend K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4768417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26920146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40659-016-0073-8