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. 1963 Sep;168(2):332–344. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1963.sp007195

The discharge pattern recorded in chemoreceptor afferent fibres from the cat carotid body with normal circulation and during perfusion

T J Biscoe, A Taylor
PMCID: PMC1359427  PMID: 14062680

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