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Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Rat Common Carotid Artery
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Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Rat Common Carotid Artery

Published on: September 5, 2018

[Chemoreceptor function and metabolism of the carotid body in the rat]

V O Samoĭlov, G N Ponomarenko

    Zhurnal Evoliutsionnoi Biokhimii I Fiziologii
    |September 1, 1985
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    carotid body functionchemoreceptor responserat metabolismchemical stimulus detection

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