| Carotid chemoreceptor "resetting" revisited. | |
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PMID: 22982216 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Carotid body (CB) chemoreceptors transduce low arterial O(2) tension into increased action potential activity on the carotid sinus nerves, which contributes to resting ventilatory drive, increased ventilatory drive in response to hypoxia, arousal responses to hypoxia during sleep, upper airway muscle activity, blood pressure control and sympathetic tone. Their sensitivity to O(2) is low in the newborn and increases during the days or weeks after birth to reach adult levels. This postnatal functional maturation of the CB O(2) response has been termed "resetting" and it occurs in every mammalian species studied to date. The O(2) environment appears to play a key role; the fetus develops in a low O(2) environment throughout gestation and initiation of CB "resetting" after birth is modulated by the large increase in arterial oxygen tension occurring at birth. Although numerous studies have reported age-related changes in various components of the O(2) transduction cascade, how the O(2) environment shapes normal CB prenatal development and postnatal "resetting" remains unknown. Viewing CB "resetting" as environment-driven (developmental) phenotypic plasticity raises important mechanistic questions that have received little attention. This review examines what is known (and not known) about mechanisms of CB functional maturation, with a focus on the role of the O(2) environment. |
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John L Carroll; Insook Kim |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-9-12 |
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Title: Respiratory physiology & neurobiology Volume: - ISSN: 1878-1519 ISO Abbreviation: Respir Physiol Neurobiol Publication Date: 2012 Sep |
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Created Date: 2012-9-17 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101140022 Medline TA: Respir Physiol Neurobiol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012. Published by Elsevier B.V. |
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Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, 1 Children's Way, Little Rock, AR 72202, United States. Electronic address: carrolljohnl@uams.edu. |
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