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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1975-6-27
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The carotid body of the rat consists of "glomera" interspersed by blood vessels and nerve bundles. Each "glomus" consists of 2-12 Type I cells, incompletely invested by 1-3 Type II cells. Type I cells are characterised by the presence of numerous dense cored vesicles in their cytoplasm and may exhibit "synaptic" -like contacts with each other. Small efferent nerve endings make synaptic contact with one or more Type I cells. Large cup-shaped afferent nerve endings make multiple synaptic contacts of two kinds with one or more Type I cells. A second kind of efferent nerve ending is occasionally seen in synaptic contact with one of these afferent nerve endings. A model for the mode of operation of the glomus as a chemoreceptor is proposed.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0302-766X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
157
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
255-72
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2003-11-14
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1122541-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:1122541-Carotid Body,
pubmed-meshheading:1122541-Intercellular Junctions,
pubmed-meshheading:1122541-Microscopy, Electron,
pubmed-meshheading:1122541-Nerve Endings,
pubmed-meshheading:1122541-Neurons, Afferent,
pubmed-meshheading:1122541-Neurons, Efferent,
pubmed-meshheading:1122541-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:1122541-Synapses
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| pubmed:year |
1975
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Nerve endings in rat carotid body.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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