By definition central respiratory chemoreceptors (CRCs) are cells that are sensitive to
changes in brain PCO 2 or pH and contribute to the stimulation of breathing elicited by …

… To date, no candidate central respiratory chemoreceptor has met the full evidentiary …
As to the location of the respiratory chemoreceptor neurons, two opposing views have been …

… input into the neurons that make up the respiratory central pattern generator. Some of this
drive comes from peripheral chemoreceptors (outside the central nervous system) that can be …

… Central chemoreceptive elements respond to changes in the … the neurones responsible for
central chemoreception are located … Central chemosensitive structures can modify peripheral …

… central chemoreception that acts alone, although a recent review argues otherwise (11).
Central chemoreception … /pH and affect respiratory neurons and other chemoreceptor sites. It is …

… In this Chapter we ask the following questions about central chemoreception: 1) Where
are central chemoreceptors? What kinds of neurons are involved? Are glia involved? …

… in our understanding of central chemoreception since the … specific neuron types that may
serve as central “sensors” of CO 2 /pH… to be defined as a central respiratory chemoreceptor, and …

… Our results cast doubt on the notion that central respiratory chemoreception is uniquely …
feature of a primitive and now widespread respiratory central pattern generator (CPG) that drives …

… activity increases during stimulation of central CO 2 chemoreceptors. Two fundamental …
central chemoreceptor stimulation of the central pattern generator and results in respiratory …

… respiratory output in response to hypercapnia. However, the term ‘central respiratory
chemoreceptor’ … The term ‘central chemoreceptor’ should be more correctly used in a broader …