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Carbon monoxide (CO) is now thought to be involved in transmission between cells, perhaps even in the carotid body (Prabhakar, 1994), and in other, quite different, processes as well (Coburn & Forman, 1987). But that was not always thought to be so. And thereby hangs a tale.
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Torrance, R.W. (1996). Carbon Monoxide Excretion, Not Oxygen Secretion?. In: Zapata, P., Eyzaguirre, C., Torrance, R.W. (eds) Frontiers in Arterial Chemoreception. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 410. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5891-0_51
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