Altered structure and function of the carotid body at high altitude and associated chemoreflexes

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-74

  Lahiri, Sukhamay ^a   Rozanov, Charmaine ^a   Cherniack, Neil S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ stores; Carotid body; Chemosensory discharge; Heme protein ligand; Membrane depolarization; Membrane K+ channels; Neurotransmitter release; Oxygen sensing; Ventilatory acclimatization

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAROTID BODY; CELL HYPOXIA; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; CAROTID BODY; CELL HYPOXIA; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 0034158467     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702900320694     Document Type: Review

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