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Pflugers Arch. 2022 Feb;474(2):187-189. doi: 10.1007/s00424-021-02662-8. Epub 2022 Jan 4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arteries / metabolism*
  • Arteries / physiology*
  • Carotid Body / metabolism
  • Carotid Body / physiology*
  • Chemoreceptor Cells / metabolism
  • Chemoreceptor Cells / physiology
  • Crystallography / methods
  • Electron Transport Complex IV / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Lactic Acid / metabolism
  • Oxygen / metabolism

Substances

  • Lactic Acid
  • Electron Transport Complex IV
  • Oxygen