TY - JOUR AU - Rocher Martín, María Asunción AU - Cáceres Pereira, Ana Isabel AU - Obeso Cáceres, Ana María de la Luz AU - González, Constancio PY - 2011 SN - 1660-3397 UR - http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/6852 AB - Abstract: Carotid bodies (CBs) are secondary sensory receptors in which the sensing elements, chemoreceptor cells, are activated by decreases in arterial PO2 (hypoxic hypoxia). Upon activation, chemoreceptor cells (also known as Type I and glomus... LA - eng PB - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute KW - Neurofisiología TI - Tetrodotoxin as a Tool to Elucidate Sensory Transduction Mechanisms: The Case for the Arterial Chemoreceptors of the Carotid Body DO - 10.3390/md9122683 ER -