JPT Ward - BBA-Bioenergetics, 2008 - Elsevier The ability to adapt to changes in the availability of O 2 provides a critical
advantage to all O 2 -dependent lifeforms. In mammals it allows optimal matching
of the O 2 requirements of the cells to ventilation and O 2 delivery, ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►ersj.org.uk J Lopez-Barneo, P Ortega-Saenz, R Pardal, A … - European Respiratory Journal, 2008 - ersj.org.uk The carotid body (CB) is a neural crest-derived organ whose major function is to
sense changes in arterial oxygen tension to elicit hyperventilation in hypoxia.
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- ►nih.gov SV Conde, A Obeso, C Gonzalez - The Journal of Physiology, 2007 - Physiological Soc Glucose deprivation (hypoglycaemia) is counterbalanced by a neuroendocrine
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S Wang, Y Gu - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2007 - Elsevier Glucose sensing mechanism has been intensively studied in pancreatic cells and
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NA Piskuric, ST Brown, M Zhang, CA Nurse - Neuroscience Letters, 2008 - Elsevier Using an immortalized adrenal chromaffin cell line (MAH cells), we investigated
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J Fan, B Zhang, HF Shu, XY Zhang, X Wang, … - Journal of neuroscience research, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Although abundant evidence indicates mutual regulation between the immune and
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J Fan, B Zhang, HF Shu, XY Zhang, X Wang, … - interscience.wiley.com Although abundant evidence indicates mutual regulation between the immune and
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DS Ward, WA Voter, S Karan - Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2009 - Springer Abstract Although controversial, animal and tissue studies indicate that carotid
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P Kumar - … -Respiratory Control in Vertebrates: Comparative and …, 2009 - Springer Abstract Peripheral chemoreceptors are localised in cervical, thoracic and
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CA Nurse - Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2009 - Springer Abstract Beginning with the pioneering work of Heymans and collaborators in the
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