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Origin of Respiratory Oscillations in Chemoreceptor Discharge

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We have tried to determine the relative importance of oscillations in arterial PCO2 and PO2 in giving rise to respiratory oscillations in the discharge of arterial chemoreceptors by using a high frequency ventilator to produce oscillations in PCO2 or PO2 alone or in both of them together.

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© 1987 J.A. Ribeiro and David J. Pallot

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Kumar, P., Nye, P.C.G., Torrance, R.W. (1987). Origin of Respiratory Oscillations in Chemoreceptor Discharge. In: Ribeiro, J.A., Pallot, D.J. (eds) Chemoreceptors in Respiratory Control. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1155-1_20

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