Table of Contents

1. Molecular and Ionic Mechanisms of Chemoreception and Chemotransduction.- Transmitter Dynamics in the Carotid Body.- Does an Inward-Rectifying K Channel Regulate Type-I Cell Response to Hypoxia?.- Selective Effect of Reduced Extracellular pH on Potassium Channels in Type-I Cells from the Neonatal Rat Carotid Body.- Calcium Channel Activation and Neural Output during Hypoxic Chemotransduction in the Carotid Body.- Involvement of Na+:H+ and Na+:Ca++ Antiporters in the Chemotransduction of Acidic Stimuli.- The Action of Carbon Dioxide in Central and Peripheral Chemoreceptors.- Respiratory Responses to Common Carotid Occlusion in the Rat: Evidence for Involvement of Adenosine.- Participation of cAMP in Low pO2 Chemotransduction in the Carotid Body.- Lectin Hishemistry on Carotid Body Tissue in Normoxic and Long-Term Hypoxic Rats.- 2. Arterial Chemoreceptors – Biochemistry and Electrophysiology.- Phosphorescence and Fluorescence Imaging: New Tools for the Study of Carotid Body Function.- Erythropoietin–Associated Antigen in the Human Carotid Body.- Efferent Innervation of the Carotid Body and Carotid Sinus in the Guinea Pig.- The Catecholamine Metabolism in Rat Carotid Body: Is there Any Efferent Regulation during Long Term Hypercapnia?.- Are Chemoreceptor Neurons Dopaminergic?.- Biochemical Analysis of Neutral Endopeptidase Activity of the Cat Carotid Body.- Analysis of Chemoreceptor Responses to Tachykinins in Rats. Cats and Rabbits.- Influence of Hypercapnia on Rabbit Intrapulmonary Neuroepithelial Bodies: Microfluorimetrical and Morphometrical Study.- Neuroepithelial Bodies in the Lungs of Bombina Orientalis (Boul.).- Messenger RNAs for Neuropeptides in Primary Sensory Neurons of the Petrosal Ganglion in Rat.- Role of EDHF, PGI2, and Norepinephrine in Hypoxic Vasorelaxation and Vasoconstriction.- 3. Arterial Chemo0Receptors in Physiological and Experimental Conditions.- Oxygen Supply in the Fetal and Newborn Lamb Carotid Body.- The Cardiovascular Response to Systemic Hypoxia in the Cat: The Role of the Renin–Angiotensin System.- Effects of Hypoxia in Developing Swine.- The Effect of Prolonged Stimulation on Afferent Activity of the Goat Carotid Body.- Effect of Deep Peroneal Nerve Stimulation on the Carotid Chemoreceptor Afferent Discharges in Rabbits.- Different Methods of Analysis to Study Oscillations of Peripheral Arterial Chemoreceptor Discharges in the Anaesthetized Cat.- Peripheral Chemoreflex Control of Sympathetic Nerve Activity.- Responses of Sympatho–Adrehal Medullary System to Hypoxia and Hypercapnia in Anesthetized Artificially Ventilated Rats.- 4. Arterial Chemoreceptors –Reflex Mechanisms in Exercise and Hypoxia.- Respiratory Modulation of Cardiovascular Responses to Stimulation of Carotid Chemoreceptors and Other Receptors.- Nonlinearities and Chaos-Like Control of Respiration during Square Wave Pulse Train Hypoxic Stimulation of the Carotid Body Chemoreceptors.- Chemoreceptor Control of Organ Vascular Resistance during Acute Systemic Hypoxia.- Electromyogram of the Transversus Abdominis Expiratory Muscle during Chronic Hypoxia in Awake Ponies.- Breathing Pattern Characteristics and Survival Time during Severe Hypoxia in Cats.- CO2 Chemoreflex in Spinal Man.- Transient Ventilatory Responses to Carbon Dioxide Inhalation and to Exercise in Man.- Possible Involvement of Peripheral Chemoreceptor Mechanism in Bradycardia Observed during Breath Holding with Supramaximal Exercise.- Importance of Arterial Chemoreceptors for Cardiorespiratory Responses to Static Exercise in Man.- 5. Almitrine and Arterial Chemoreflexes.- Ultrastructure of Type-I Cell Mihondria in the Rat Carotid Body Following Chronic Oral Administration of Almitrine Bismesylate.- Carotid Chemosensory Stimulation by Sulfhydryls and Almitrine is not Mediated by Tissue Hypoxia.- The Dopamine Turnover in Rat Carotid Body under Chronic Almitrine Treatment: Effects of Sinus Nerve Transection and Sympathectomy.- Attenuation of Chemoexcitation Induced by Almitrine Bismesylate in Anaesthetized Cats.- Action of Almitrine on the Laryngeal Passage in Cats.- Does the Stimulation of Peripheral Arterial Chemoreceptors in Humans by Almitrine Bismesylate Inhibit Proximal Tubular Reabsorption?.- 6. Central Neuronal Organization of Arterial Chemoreceptor Reflexes.- Autoradiographic Studies on the Effects of Chronic Unilateral Sectioning of a Carotid Sinus Nerve on 5-HT and SP Binding Sites in the Carotid Body and NTS.- Medullary Respiratory Neurons with Projections to the Ventral Surface of the Medulla in the Guinea Pig.- The Central Nervous Organization of the Carotid Body Chemoreceptor Reflex.- “Gating” of Peripheral Chemoreceptor Input to Medullary Inspiratory Neurons: Role of Bötzinger Complex Neurons.- The Role of Glutamate in the Transmission of the Hypoxic Input to Respiration through the Nucleus of the Tractus Solitarius.- Restoration of Chemoreflexes after Unilateral Carotid Deafferentation.- A Study of the Effects of Airway Carbon Dioxide (PawC02) on Superior Laryngeal Nerve Afferents Using an Isolated Artificially Ventilated Closed Laryngeal Preparation in the Anaesthetized Cat.- 7. Arterial Chemoreflexes in Pathological Conditions.- The Carotid Bodies of the Lyon Hypertensive Rats.- The Increased Catecholamine Content in the Carotid Bodies of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- The Aortic and Carotid Bodies of Chronically Hypoxic Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR).- Effects of Chronic Chemoreceptor Stimulation on Blood Pressure and Blood Volume in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR).- Ventilatory and Blood Pressure Reactions to Acute Hypoxia and Hyperoxia in Chemoreceptor-Denervated NWR and SHR.- Effects of Hyperoxia on Salt Intake in Carotid Body Denervated Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR).- Respiratory and Cardiovascular Responses to Hypoxia, Hyperoxia and Perfusion of the Carotid Arteries in Cholesterol–Fed Rabbit.- Arterial Chemoreceptors Reflexes in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) and in Patients with Essential Hypertension.- The Reactions of Renal Excretory Function in Normotensive and Essentially Hypertensive Men in Response to Oral Administration of Almitrine Bismesylate.