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Chemical and electric transmission in the carotid body chemoreceptor complex

dc.creatorEYZAGUIRRE,CARLOS
dc.date2005-01-01
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dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602005000400005
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/81606
dc.descriptionCarotid body chemoreceptors are complex secondary receptors. There are chemical and electric connections between glomus cells (GC/GC) and between glomus cells and carotid nerve endings (GC/NE). Chemical secretion of glomus cells is accompanied by GC/GC uncoupling. Chemical GC/NE transmission is facilitated by concomitant electric coupling. Chronic hypoxia reduces GC/GC coupling but increases G/NE coupling. Therefore, carotid body chemoreceptors use chemical and electric transmission mechanisms to trigger and change the sensory discharge in the carotid nerve.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherSociedad de Biología de Chile
dc.relation10.4067/S0716-97602005000400005
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceBiological Research v.38 n.4 2005
dc.subjectcarotid body
dc.subjectchemosensory activity
dc.subjectglomus cells
dc.titleChemical and electric transmission in the carotid body chemoreceptor complex


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