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The “Blue Room” – Experiments on the Effects of Sustained Hypoxia on Respiratory Control In Humans – Peter Robbins (p.21)
The “Blue Room” – Experiments on the Effects of Sustained Hypoxia on Respiratory Control In Humans – Peter Robbins (p.21)
Peter Robbins describes his experiments in the Blue Room and shows why the ventilatory acclimatization to high altitude(hypoxia) cannot be explained as a reaction to respiratory alkalosis- it is more likely to be a direct effect of hypoxia resetting the sensitivity of the chemoreceptors.