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Those Strange Glomus Cells

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Neurobiology and Cell Physiology of Chemoreception

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 337))

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This article is based on a lecture given at the Symposium. It does not cover all the presented material, but contains some reflections on the subject of the talk.

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  1. Department of Physiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108, USA

    C. Eyzaguirre

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  1. Università degli Studi “G. D’Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy

    P. G. Data

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Dortmund, Germany

    H. Acker

  3. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    S. Lahiri

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Eyzaguirre, C. (1993). Those Strange Glomus Cells. In: Data, P.G., Acker, H., Lahiri, S. (eds) Neurobiology and Cell Physiology of Chemoreception. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 337. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2966-8_18

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