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Cellular basis of learning and memory in the carotid body
Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, 2022 The carotid body is the primary peripheral chemoreceptor in the body, and critical for respiration and cardiovascular adjustments during hypoxia.
Olivia M. S. Gold +4 more
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Ibuprofen Blunts Ventilatory Acclimatization to Sustained Hypoxia in Humans. [PDF]
, 2016 Ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia is a time-dependent increase in ventilation and the hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) that involves neural plasticity in both carotid body chemoreceptors and brainstem respiratory centers.
Antonova, Julie +7 more
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Hypoglossal schwannoma masquerading as a carotid body tumor. [PDF]
, 2012 Study Objective. To describe the clinical presentation, evaluation, and treatment of a hypoglossal schwannoma. Methods. We report an unusual case of a hypoglossal schwannoma presenting as a pulsatile level II neck mass at the bifurcation of the external ...
Abie H. Mendelsohn +4 more
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Five-year outcome of a staged giant Shamblin type III carotid body tumor excision
Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2023 Giant carotid body tumors, defined as those >8 cm in size, are extremely rare. Definitive surgical management is a complex undertaking because these large tumors tend to have grown to envelop cranial nerves and the carotid artery, and few data exist ...
James M. Dittman, MD +4 more
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Magnetic resonance and computed tomography imaging of a carotid body tumor in a dog [PDF]
, 2012 A 5-year-old castrated male Labrador Retriever was presented to a referring veterinarian for a swelling in the neck region. Based on the results of histopathology, a carotid body tumor, was diagnosed.
De Cock, Hilde +4 more
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مجلة كلية الطب, 2009 Summary Background:-Carotid body tumors is an uncommon disease entity in Iraq , presented with painless swelling below the angle of the mandible , and is usually benign .The author reviews his personal surgical challenge with eight cases having had ...
Waleed M. Hussen Hussen
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Interactions of chemostimuli at the single cell level: studies in a model system [PDF]
, 2004 The responses of afferent chemosensory fibres of the carotid body to individual chemostimuli have long been established. However, the mechanisms underlying the multiplicative interactions of these stimuli (i.e.
Peers, C.
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Cascade of Complications Following Carotid Body Tumor Excision [PDF]
Neurointervention, 2021 Carotid body tumor excision can lead to various complications including vascular injury and pseudoaneurysm formation. Here we describe a case of carotid body tumor excision followed by series of complications including pseudoaneurysm formation, failure ...
Pawan K Garg +5 more
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A role for TASK-1 (KCNK3) channels in the chemosensory control of breathing [PDF]
, 2008 Acid-sensitive K+ channels of the tandem P-domain K+-channel family (TASK-1 and TASK-3) have been implicated in peripheral and central respiratory chemosensitivity; however, because of the lack of decisive pharmacological agents, the final proof of the ...
Gourine, A. V. +3 more
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The human carotid body in sensing and signaling of oxygen and inflammation [PDF]
, 2014 Oxygen is essential for cell survival and global oxygenation is closely monitored in order to protect tissues from hypoxic damage. The carotid body is an important systemic oxygen sensor responding to hypoxia and a multitude of other blood borne stimuli,
Kåhlin, Jessica
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