Lower hypoxic ventilatory response in smokers compared to non-smokers during abstinence from cigarettes

BACKGROUND: Carotid body O(2)-chemosensitivity determines the hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) as part of crucial regulatory reflex within oxygen homeostasis. Nicotine has been suggested to attenuate HVR in neonates of smoking mothers. However, whether smoking affects HVR in adulthood has remained...

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Autores principales: Hildebrandt, Wulf, Sauer, Roland, Koehler, Ulrich, Bärtsch, Peter, Kinscherf, Ralf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5121951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27881161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0323-0

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