Arterial Chemoreceptors: Arterial Chemoreceptors

Front Matter....Pages I-XXV
The Discovery of Sensory Nature of the Carotid Bodies – Invited Article ....Pages 1-18
Fifty Years of Progress in Carotid Body Physiology – Invited Article ....Pages 19-28
Carotid Body: New Stimuli and New Preparations – Invited Article ....Pages 29-38
Enzyme-Linked Acute Oxygen Sensing in Airway and Arterial Chemoreceptors – Invited Article ....Pages 39-48
Cysteine Residues in the C-terminal Tail of the Human BK Ca α Subunit Are Important for Channel Sensitivity to Carbon Monoxide....Pages 49-56
Modulation of O 2 Sensitive K + Channels by AMP-activated Protein Kinase....Pages 57-63
Hydrogen Sulfide Inhibits Human BK Ca Channels....Pages 65-72
DPPX Modifies TEA Sensitivity of the Kv4 Channels in Rabbit Carotid Body Chemoreceptor Cells....Pages 73-82
Sustained Hypoxia Enhances TASK-like Current Inhibition by Acute Hypoxia in Rat Carotid Body Type-I Cells....Pages 83-88
Inhibition of L-Type Ca 2+ Channels by Carbon Monoxide....Pages 89-95
Effects of the Polyamine Spermine on Arterial Chemoreception....Pages 97-104
RT-PCR and Pharmacological Analysis of L-and T-Type Calcium Channels in Rat Carotid Body....Pages 105-112
Functional Characterization of Phosphodiesterases 4 in the Rat Carotid Body: Effect of Oxygen Concentrations....Pages 113-119
Calcium Sensitivity for Hypoxia in PGNs with PC-12 Cells in Co-Culture....Pages 121-124
Modification of Relative Gene Expression Ratio Obtained from Real Time qPCR with Whole Carotid Body by Using Mathematical Equations....Pages 125-135
Neurotransmitters in Carotid Body Function: The Case of Dopamine – Invited Article ....Pages 137-143
Adenosine in Peripheral Chemoreception: New Insights into a Historically Overlooked Molecule – Invited Article ....Pages 145-159
The A 2B -D 2 Receptor Interaction that Controls Carotid Body Catecholamines Release Locates Between the Last Two Steps of Hypoxic Transduction Cascade....Pages 161-168
Benzodiazepines and GABA-GABAA Receptor System in the Cat Carotid Body....Pages 169-175
Evidence for Histamine as a New Modulator of Carotid Body Chemoreception....Pages 177-184
Fluoresceinated Peanut Agglutinin (PNA) is a Marker for Live O 2 Sensing Glomus Cells in Rat Carotid Body....Pages 185-190
Neuroglobin in Aging Carotid Bodies....Pages 191-195
Oxygen Sensing and the Activation of the Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 (HIF-1)– Invited Article ....Pages 197-206
Upregulation of Erythropoietin and its Receptor Expression in the Rat Carotid Body During Chronic and Intermittent Hypoxia....Pages 207-214
Iron Chelation and the Ventilatory Response to Hypoxia....Pages 215-221
Systemic Effects Resulting from Carotid Body Stimulation– Invited Article ....Pages 223-233
Bicarbonate-Regulated Soluble Adenylyl Cyclase (sAC) mRNA Expression and Activity in Peripheral Chemoreceptors....Pages 235-241
Developmental Maturation of Chemosensitivity to Hypoxia of Peripheral Arterial Chemoreceptors – Invited Article ....Pages 243-255
Physiological Carotid Body Denervation During Aging....Pages 257-263
Does Ageing Modify Ventilatory Responses to Dopamine in Anaesthetised Rats Breathing Spontaneously?....Pages 265-271
The Role of the Carotid Bodies in the Counter-Regulatory Response to Hypoglycemia....Pages 273-280
The Respiratory Responses to the Combined Activation of the Muscle Metaboreflex and the Ventilatory Chemoreflex....Pages 281-287
Cardiovascular Responses to Hyperoxic Withdrawal of Arterial Chemosensory Drive....Pages 290-297
Time-Dependence of Hyperoxia-Induced Impairment in Peripheral Chemoreceptor Activity and Glomus Cell Calcium Response....Pages 299-306
Long-Term Regulation of Carotid Body Function: Acclimatization and Adaptation – Invited Article ....Pages 307-317
Effects of Intermittent Hypoxia on Blood Gases Plasma Catecholamine and Blood Pressure....Pages 319-328
Cardioventilatory Acclimatization Induced by Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia....Pages 329-335
Ventilatory Drive Is Enhanced in Male and Female Rats Following Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia....Pages 337-344
Contrasting Effects of Intermittent and Continuous Hypoxia on Low O 2 Evoked Catecholamine Secretion from Neonatal Rat Chromaffin Cells....Pages 345-349
Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction – Invited Article ....Pages 351-360
Impact of Modulators of Mitochondrial ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel (mitoK ATP ) on Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction....Pages 361-368
Oxygen Sensing in the Brain – Invited Article....Pages 369-376
The Central Respiratory Chemoreceptor: Where Is It Located?–Invited Article....Pages 377-385
Anatomical Architecture and Responses to Acidosis of a Novel Respiratory Neuron Group in the High Cervical Spinal Cord (HCRG) of the Neonatal Rat....Pages 387-394
Systemic Inhibition of the Na + /H + Exchanger Type 3 in Intact Rats Activates Brainstem Respiratory Regions....Pages 395-401
Nitric Oxide in the Solitary Tract Nucleus (STn) Modulates Glucose Homeostasis and FOS-ir Expression After Carotid Chemoreceptor Stimulation....Pages 403-410
Airway Receptors and Their Reflex Function – Invited Article ....Pages 411-420
Airway Chemosensitive Receptors in Vagus Nerve Perform Neuro-Immune Interaction for Lung-Brain Communication....Pages 421-426
The Role of NOX2 and “Novel Oxidases” in Airway Chemoreceptor O 2 Sensing....Pages 427-438
Recruitment of GABA A Receptors in Chemoreceptor Pulmonary Neuroepithelial Bodies by Prenatal Nicotine Exposure in Monkey Lung....Pages 439-445
Concluding Remarks....Pages 447-450
Back Matter....Pages 451-455