Diseases of the Human Carotid Body
Ever since its discovery in 1742 the carotid body has remained an organ of mystery. Originally described as a ganglion, it was subsequently regarded as a gland, chromaffin paraganglion and non-chromaffin paraganglion. In 1928 it was shown to be a chemoreceptor with close associations with the function of baroreception in the adjacent carotid sinus and perhaps within its own substance. These discoveries led physiologists to embark on a series of elegant experimental studies on a number of animal species which have, however, so far failed to identify the transducer for detection of changes in tension of arterial blood gases or the mechanism of…
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Weitere Autoren: Smith, Paul
- ISBN: 978-1-4471-1876-3
- EAN: 9781447118763
- Produktnummer: 16094258
- Verlag: Springer London
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 220 S.
- Masse: H27.0 cm x B19.3 cm x D1.2 cm 488 g
- Auflage: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 488
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