Papers presented at the 1991 meeting of the International Society for Arterial Chemoreception, held in Chieti, Italy. This field of research, which encompasses diverse biological and medical areas, examines the critical function and mechanisms of O 2 and pH/PCO 2 sensitive cells in the body. The vol

This volume records the papers presented in Chieti, Italy, at the 1991 meeting of the International Society for Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC). This was the eleventh of a series of assemblies held since 1959. This field of research, which examines the critical function and mechanisms of O and pHIPC0 sensitive cells in 2 2 the body, is unique in that it encompasses diverse biological and medical areas. The reader of this book will note chapters concerning modem techniques like in situ hybridization; analysis of cell membrane channels and intracellular ion movements; immunohistochemistry of...