Evolution and physiology of neural oxygen sensing

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 AUG, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Costa, Kauê M ^a,b,c   Accorsi Mendonça, Daniela ^a   Moraes, Davi J A ^a   Machado, Benedito H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Max Planck Institute for Brain Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic and respiratory control; Brainstem; Hypoxia; Oxygen sensing; Peripheral chemoreflex

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CHRONIC INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOXIA; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEURAL OXYGEN SENSING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SENSING; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PARAFACIAL RESPIRATORY GROUP; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PONTINE A5 AREA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RETROTRAPEZOID NUCLEUS; REVIEW; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84906513885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00302     Document Type: Review

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