Chemoreflex and endocrine components of cardiovascular responses to acute hypoxemia in the llama fetus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 1 40-1, 1996, Pages

  Giussani, Dino A ^b   Riquelme, Raquel A ^b   Moraga, Fernando A ^b   McGarrigle, Hugh H G ^b   Gaete, Cristián R ^b   Sanhueza, Emilia M ^b   Hanson, Mark A ^b   Llanos, Aníbal J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

carotid body

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; FETUS; HYPOXEMIA; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029834555     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.1.r73     Document Type: Article

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