Chemoreceptors in Respiratory Control

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Hypoxia-Induced Intermitochondrial Junctions in the Rabbit Carotid-Body : An Ultrastructural and Experimental Study....Pages 1-10
Ultrastructural Studies of the Cat Carotid Body Perfused for Short Periods with Physiological Saline Solutions....Pages 11-18
Morphological and Biochemical Characteristics of the Laryngeal Nerve Paraganglia....Pages 19-28
Central Terminations of Carotid Body Chemoreceptor Afferents....Pages 29-38
Vascular Geometry of Arterial Chemoreceptors: Learning about the Carotid Body by Studying Paraganglia of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve....Pages 39-49
Altered Function of Cat Carotid Body Chemoreceptors in Prolonged Hyperoxia....Pages 50-58
Glycolysis as a Link for Chemoreception?....Pages 59-68
Spectrophotometric Studies on Carotid Body Tissue....Pages 69-77
ATP Content in the Cat Carotid Body under Different Experimental Conditions. Support for the Metabolic Hypothesis....Pages 78-90
Pathways for Calcium Entry into Type I Cells: Significance for the Secretory Response....Pages 91-98
Effects of Cyanide and Acetylcholine on Extracellular K + and Ca ++ Activities in the Cat Carotid Body....Pages 99-107
Application of the Chemiluminescent Method to Carotid Body for Detecting Choline and Acetylcholine....Pages 108-113
Monoamine Content and Metabolism in the Rabbit Carotid Body....Pages 114-123
A Comparative Study of the Metabolism of Catecholamines in the Rabbit and Cat Carotid Body....Pages 124-134
Release of Catecholamines by Electrical Stimulation of the Cat Carotid Sinus Nerve In Vitro....Pages 135-146
Dopamine and 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid Concentrations in Rat Carotid Body:The Effects of Chronic Hypoxia and Hyperoxia from Birth....Pages 147-154
Prolonged Hyperoxia and Oligomycin have Similar Effects on Cat Carotid Body Chemoreceptors....Pages 155-162
In Vitro Carotid Chemoreceptor Response to Hypoxia and Hypercapnia after Reserpinization or AMPT-Treatment in the Rabbit and in the Cat....Pages 163-168
Regulation of Neuropeptide Levels in Sensory Receptors and Autonomic Ganglia....Pages 169-179
Origin of Respiratory Oscillations in Chemoreceptor Discharge....Pages 180-189
Afferent Activity in the Sinus Nerve of the Rabbit after Regeneration....Pages 190-199
The Role of the Carotid Body in Acclimatization to Hypoxia....Pages 200-208
The Role of the Peripheral Arterial Chemoreceptors in the Cardiovascular Responses of the Cat to Acute Systemic Hypoxia....Pages 209-215
The Effect of Premature Delivery on Chemoreceptor Sensitivity in the Lamb....Pages 216-220
Studies of Chemoreceptor Resetting after Hyperoxic Ventilation of the Fetus in Utero....Pages 221-227
The Chemoreception of Hypoxia and Hypercapnia: Further Evidence for a Dual Sensing Mechanism....Pages 228-236
Carotid Body Chemoreceptor Response to Transient Arterial Occlusion....Pages 237-246
The Carotid Bodies in Coarctation of the Aorta....Pages 247-253
The Carotid Bodies in a Case of Ventricular Septal Defect....Pages 254-261
Histological Changes Associated with Ageing of the Human Carotid Body....Pages 262-270
Slow Ventilatory Dynamics in Hypoxic Patients with Obstructive Airways Disease....Pages 271-276
Propranolol Treatment Inhibits the Carotid Body Vascular Changes Evoked by Long-Term Hypoxia....Pages 277-283
Acetylcholine- and Dopamine-Induced Excitation of Cultured Newborn Rabbit Nodose Ganglion Neurons: Effects of Co-Culture with Carotid Body Fragments....Pages 284-295
Pharmacological Studies on Opioid Receptors in the Cat Carotid Body....Pages 296-304
Chemoexcitation Evoked by Adenosine: Pharmacological Characterisation of the Receptor....Pages 305-313
Adenosine Modulation of Respiration Mediated by Carotid Body Chemoreceptors....Pages 314-321
Interference by Domperidone on Chemosensory and Ventilatory Responses to Dopamine....Pages 322-333
The Double Reflexogenic Action of Lobeline, Acetylcholine and Cyanides on the Carotid Body, Influence of Phentolamine and Sulpiride....Pages 334-341
Power Spectral Analysis of Chemoreceptor Discharges During Asphyxia and after Administration of Almitrine Bismesylate....Pages 342-350
Peripheral Chemoreceptor Stimulation and Pulmonary Circulation in the Rat....Pages 351-360
Almitrine Antagonizes the Depressant Effect of the Morphinomimetic Agent, Fentanyl on Bulbar Respiratory Neurons....Pages 361-368
Effects of Chronic Hypoxia on Chemoreceptor Function in the Newborn....Pages 369-377
Reduction in Dopaminergic Activity in the Rat Carotid Body after Acute or Chronic Almitrine....Pages 378-385
Carotid Body Responses to Administration of Almitrine Bismesylate....Pages 386-393
Kinetics of Almitrine Bismesylate and its Metabolites in the Carotid Body and Other Tissues of the Rat....Pages 394-407