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The chemosensory neurons of the carotid (sinus) and aortic (depressor) nerves provide the input for the ventilatory chemoreflexes initiated by hypoxic stimulation. The central processes of these neurons converge into the nuclear complex of the solitary tract (NTS). These projections are mostly ipsilateral, but few cross to some contralateral subnuclei (1).
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Zapata, P., Eugenín, J., Larraín, C. (1990). Plasticity of Ventilatory Chemoreflexes. In: Eyzaguirre, C., Fidone, S.J., Fitzgerald, R.S., Lahiri, S., McDonald, D.M. (eds) Arterial Chemoreception. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3388-6_49
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