Re-examination of the carotid body ultrastructure with special attention to intercellular membrane appositions

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 410, Issue , 1996, Pages 45-50

  Kondo, Hisatake ^a   Iwasa, Hiroo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CAROTID BODY CHEMORECEPTOR; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030468682     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5891-0_4     Document Type: Article

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