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In spite of many years of investigation, the sensitivity of the carotid body to hypoxia is not well understood and the transducer element has not been identified with certainty. Is it the type I cell, is it its afferent nerve ending, or are both of these elements involved?
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Verna, A., Talib, N., Barets, A. (1987). Hypoxia-Induced Intermitochondrial Junctions in the Rabbit Carotid-Body : An Ultrastructural and Experimental Study. In: Ribeiro, J.A., Pallot, D.J. (eds) Chemoreceptors in Respiratory Control. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1155-1_1
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