Arterial Chemoreception

Section 1 Molecular and Ionic Mechanisms in Chemosensory Transduction.- 1 Adenine Nucleotide Content in the Rabbit Carotid Body In Vitro: Effects of Hypoxia and Metabolic Inhibitors.- 2 Role of Protein Kinase C in the Carotid Body Signal Transduction.- 3 Spectrophotometric and Fluorometric Analysis of the Rat Carotid Body Under Hypoxia.- 4 Intracellular pH of Cultured Carotid Body Cells.- 5 Immunohistochemical and In Situ Hybridization. Evidence for a Calcium-Binding Protein in the Sinus Nerve.- 6 Biophysical Studies of Cells from the Carotid Body of the Rabbit.- 7 Ionic Mechanisms of the Chemoreception Process in Type I Cells of the Carotid Body.- 8 Ionic Currents on Carotid Body Type I Cells and the Effects of Hypoxia and NaCN.- 9 Effects of Chemoexcitatory Agents on K+ Currents of Isolated Type I Cells from Neonatal Rat Carotid Body.- 10 Extracellular K+ as an Interneuronal Coupler in the Carotid Body.- 11 Electrical Activity of Mouse Carotid Body as Monitored by the Fluorescent Probe diS-C3-5: Effects of Different Agents.- Section 2 Content, Distribution, and Release of Putative Neurotransmitters.- 12 Biochemical Studies on the Release of Catecholamines from the Rat Carotid Body In Vitro.- 13 Regulation of the Release of Dopamine and Norepinephrine from Rabbit Carotid Body.- 14 Long-Term Hypoxia and Hypercapnia in the Carotid Body: A Review.- 15 Catecholamines in the Carotid Body.- 16 The Role of Acetylcholine in the Chemoreception of Hypoxia by the Carotid Body.- 17 Co-localization of Neuroactive Agents in the Carotid Body of the Cat.- 18 In Vitro Degradation of Substance P by the Carotid Body Proteases.- 19 Proenkephalin-Derived Peptides in the Carotid Body.- Section 3 Pharmacological Aspects of Arterial Chemoreception.- 20 Vasopressinergic Influence in the Cat Carotid Body.- 21 Effects of Different Stimuli and Transmitters on Glomus Cell Membranes and Intercellular Communications.- 22 Use of Selective Antagonists for Studying the Role of Putative Transmitters in Chemoreception.- 23 Endogenous Adenosine Tonically Excites Respiration Mediated by Carotid Body Chemoreceptors in the Rat.- 24 Calcium Antagonists Stimulate Carotid Body Chemoreceptors.- 25 Lack of Effect of MPTP on a Peripheral Dopaminergic Structure: The Carotid Body.- 26 The Mechanism of Action of Tachykinins in the Carotid Body.- 27 The Carotid Body and Almitrine Bismesylate.- 28 Almitrine Bismesylate and the Carotid Body: An Ultrastructural Study.- Section 4 Primary Afferent Neurons: Morphological and Functional Properties.- 29 Membrane Properties of Cat Carotid Neurons after Peripheral Regeneration.- 30 The Functional Role and Central Connections of the Carotid Body of the Rat.- 31 Tachykininergic Axons in the Guinea Pig Carotid Body: Origin, Ultrastructure, and Coexistence with Other Peptides.- 32 Hypoxia and Hypercapnia Deplete Clear Vesicles but Not Dense-Cored Vesicles in the Carotid Body’s Sensory Nerves.- 33 An Electronic Gating Circuit for Separation of Chemoreceptor Activity from Baroreceptor Activity.- 34 Information Content of Arterial Chemoreceptor Discharge Pattern.- 35 Flow Detection by the Carotid Body.- 36 How Real Is the Relation of Arterial Po2 to Chemoreceptor Activity?.- 37 Effects of Hypoxia, Potassium and Other Stimuli on the Discharge of the Carotid Body.- 38 Postnatal Resetting of the Hypoxic Sensitivity of Aortic Chemoreceptors in the Lamb.- 39 Carotid Chemoreceptor Recording in the Newborn Piglet.- Section 5 Arterial Chemoreceptors and Homeostasis: Normal and Pathologic Studies.- 40 Some Effects of Chronic Stimulation on the Rat Carotid Body.- 41 Structural Changes in the Glomus Caroticum Due to Arteriosclerosis.- 42 Calibre of Arteriovenous Blood Vessels in the Cat Carotid Body: An Assessment Using Latex Microspheres.- 43 Dopaminergic Ventilatory Inhibition in Relation to Chemoreception Sensitization in the Rat.- 44 Mechanisms and Site of Effect of Chronic Erythropoietic Stimuli on Carotid Body.- 45 Carotid Sinus Receptors Participate in Glucose Homeostasis.- 46 Carotid Body Contribution to Hypoxic Ventilatory Responses in Euthermic and Hibernating Ground Squirrels.- 47 Does the Ventilatory Response to Hypoxia Measure Chemoreceptor-Mediated Drive in Humans?.- 48 Pulmonary Vagal Afferents Involved in the Hypoxic Breathing without Arterial Chemoreceptors.- 49 Plasticity of Ventilatory Chemoreflexes.- 50 Progesterone Protects against Hypoxic Ventilatory Depression in Male Rats.- 51 Possible Pitfalls in the Search for Arterial and Central Chemoreception in Respiration.- 52 Serotonin in the Human Infant Carotid Body: Normal and Pathological States.- 53 Chemostimulation during Bilateral Carotid Occlusion in the Rat.- Section 6 Oxygen-Sensing by Ganglia, Paraganglia, and Other Tissues.- 54 Sympathetic Oxygen Chemoreflex and Chemosensitive Responses.- 55 Effects of Hypoxia on Catecholamine Storage and Release in Rabbit Superior Cervical Ganglion.- 56 Involvement of Dopaminergic SIF Cells of Rat Superior Cervical Ganglion in Response to Chemoreceptor Stimuli.- 57 Neurotransmitters in Laryngeal Nerve Paraganglia: A Morphological and Biochemical Study.- 58 Hypertrophy of Abdominal Vagal Paraganglia Following Chronic Hypoxia: Compared with Carotid Body.- 59 Effects of Hypoxia on Isolated Pulmonary Neuroepithelial Body Cells In Vitro.- 60 Membrane Hyperpolarization in Hypoxic Vasorelaxation.- 61 Is the Cellular Thiol-Disulfide System Involved in Oxygen Sensitivity of Arterial Contraction?.- 62 Oxygen-Sensing Mechanisms in the Macrophage and Erythropoietin Production.- 63 Contribution of Renal Chemoreception to the Production of Erythropoietin.