GOOD BREATHING, BAD BREATHING Breathing is behavior, a unique behavior that regulates body chemistry, pH. Peter M. Litchfield, Ph.D., May 2006
GOOD BREATHING, BAD BREATHING Breathing is behavior, a unique behavior that regulates body chemistry, pH. Peter M. Litchfield, Ph.D., May 2006
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the key player in O2 transport due to 1) vasodilation and 2) the the Bohr effect (or the Bohr law). The Bohr effect explains oxygen release in capillaries or why red blood cells unload oxygen in tissues. The Bohr effect was first described in 1904 by the Danish physiologist Christian Bohr [...]