Why do we have both peripheral and central chemoreceptors?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-10

  Nattie, Eugene ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BREATHING; CAROTID BODY CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMORECEPTOR; EDITORIAL; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; LUNG VENTILATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PRESSURE; ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BREATHING MECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOG; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INNERVATION; LUNG; METABOLISM; NOTE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHEMORECEPTORS; DOGS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUNG; OXYGEN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 33644824804     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01097.2005     Document Type: Editorial

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