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. 2007 Aug 16;584(Pt 1):285–293. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.138883

Figure 3. The additive effect of central and peripheral responses to hypercapnia.

Figure 3

The hyperoxic line is the addition of a neglible peripheral response and the central response and so reflects the central chemoreflex response alone. The hypoxic line is again the addition of central and peripheral responses, this time with a substantial peripheral contribution.