Autonomic Nervous System: Carotid Body and Chemoception

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 855-862

  Nurse, C A ^a   Campanucci, V A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; ATP; Autonomic neurons; Carotid body; Carotid sinus nerve; Dopamine; Glossopharyngeal nerve; Hypercapnia; Hypoglycemia; Hypoxia; Neurotransmitters; Nitric oxide; Petrosal neurons; Type I cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882890305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.00636-7     Document Type: Chapter

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