Carotid body chemoreceptors: physiology, pathology, and implications for health and disease

R Iturriaga, J Alcayaga, MW Chapleau… - Physiological …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The carotid body (CB) is the main peripheral chemoreceptor for arterial respiratory gases O2
and CO2 and pH, eliciting reflex ventilatory, cardiovascular, and humoral responses to …

Activation of the carotid body increases directly recorded cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and coronary blood flow in conscious sheep

M Pachen, Y Abukar, J Shanks… - American Journal …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Activation of the carotid body (CB) using intracarotid potassium cyanide (KCN) injection
increases coronary blood flow (CoBF). This increase in CoBF is considered to be mediated …

Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors 1 Regulates Rat Carotid Body Response to Acute Hypoxia via Presynaptic Mechanism

C Li, B Zhao, C Zhao, L Huang, Y Liu - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: The carotid body (CB) plays a critical role in oxygen sensing; however, the role
of glutamatergic signaling in the CB response to hypoxia remains uncertain. We previously …

Characterization of endothelium-dependent and-independent processes in occipital artery of the rat: relevance to control of blood flow to nodose sensory cells

THJ Lewis, PM Getsy, JF Peroni… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Circulating factors access cell bodies of vagal afferents in nodose ganglia (NG) via the
occipital artery (OA). Constrictor responses of OA segments closer in origin from the external …

Autonomic Control of Coronary Blood Flow in Control and Heart Failure Ovine Models

M Pachen - 2021 - researchspace.auckland.ac.nz
Carotid bodies (CBs) are the main peripheral chemoreceptors that are strategically located
at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery. They are the primary sensors of systemic …