Zera T, Moraes DJA, da Silva MP, Fisher JP, Paton JFR. The Logic of Carotid Body Connectivity to the Brain.
Physiology (Bethesda) 2020;
34:264-282. [PMID:
31165684 DOI:
10.1152/physiol.00057.2018]
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Abstract
The carotid body has emerged as a therapeutic target for cardio-respiratory-metabolic diseases. With the expansive functions of the chemoreflex, we sought mechanisms to explain differential control of individual responses. We purport a remarkable correlation between phenotype of a chemosensory unit (glomus cell-sensory afferent) with a distinct component of the reflex response. This logic could permit differential modulation of distinct chemoreflex responses, a strategy ideal for therapeutic exploitation.
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