Mechanisms of acid influx in the carotid body type I cell
Type I cells of the carotid body play a major role in acid chemoreception. Extracellular acidosis causes membrane depolarisation, Ca<sup>2+</sup> influx and neurosecretion in the type I cell. A previous study has shown that pH<sub>i</sub> in the type I cell is very sensitive...
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University of Oxford
2003
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.398313 |