Arterial Chemoreceptors

1. Front Matter

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2. Eric Neil (1918–1990): An Appreciation

   1. Eric Neil (1918–1990): An Appreciation

      • Ronan G. O’Regan

      Pages 1-3

3. Invited Reviews

   1. International Meetings on Arterial Chemoreceptors: Historical Perspectives

      • R. G. O’Regan, P. Nolan

      Pages 5-20

   2. Oxygen Sensing in the Carotid Body: Ideas and Models

      • H. Acker

      Pages 21-27

   3. Ionic Channels in Type I Carotid Body Cells

      • Chris Peers

      Pages 29-40

   4. Role of Intracellular pH and [Ca2+]i in Acid Chemoreception in Type-I Cells of the Carotid Body

      • Keith J. Buckler, Richard D. Vaughan-Jones

      Pages 41-55

   5. Neurotransmitters in the Carotid Body

      • Nanduri R. Prabhakar

      Pages 57-69

   6. Reflexes Arising from the Arterial Chemoreceptors

      • David J. Paterson, Piers C. G. Nye

      Pages 71-86

   7. Central Integration of Chemoreceptor Afferent Activity

      • David Jordan

      Pages 87-98

   8. Chemoreceptor Function in the Fetus and Neonate

      • Mark Hanson, Prem Kumar

      Pages 99-108

   9. The Role of Arterial Chemoreceptors in Ventilatory Acclimatization to Hypoxia

      • Gerald E. Bisgard

      Pages 109-122

   10. Chemosensitivity from the Lungs of Vertebrates

       • Peter Scheid, Hashim Shams

       Pages 123-132

4. Historical Perspectives

   1. Heymans’ Visit to Dublin to Review “Buffer” Nerve Experiments

      • J. B. Moynihan, C. S. Breathnach

      Pages 133-135

   2. A Belated Centennial Tribute to Corneille Heymans

      • C. S. Breathnach

      Pages 137-139

   3. Glomera that are not Chemosensitive?

      • Miriam Kennedy, John J. Smith, Caoimhin S. Breathnach

      Pages 141-142

5. Molecular and Ionic Mechanisms of Chemotransduction

   1. Electrotonic Coupling between Carotid Body Glomus Cells

      • L. Monti-Bloch, Veronica Abudara, C. Eyzaguirre

      Pages 143-147

   2. Co-Binding Chromophores in Oxygen Chemoreception in the Carotid Body

      • S. Lahiri, D. K. Ray, D. Chugh, R. Iturriaga, A. Mokashi

      Pages 149-153

   3. Actions of Nicotinic Agonists on Isolated Type I Cells of the Neonatal Rat Carotid Body

      • Chris Peers, Christopher N. Wyatt, Keith J. Buckler

      Pages 155-157

   4. Ca2+-Activated K+-Channels from Isolated Type I Carotid Body Cells of the Neonatal Rat

      • Christopher N. Wyatt, Chris Peers

      Pages 159-161

   5. Culturing Carotid Body Cells of Adult Cats

      • Machiko Shirahata, Brian Schofield, Beek Y. Chin, Thomas R. Guilarte

      Pages 163-165

The International Society for Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC) was founded in August 1988 during the 9th International Symposium on Arterial Chemoreception which was held at Park City, Utah, USA. ISAC was established with the aim of providing a framework to support the increasing number of investigators from a wide variety of disciplines (anatomists, pathologists, respiratory physiologists and clinicians, high altitude physiologists, biochemists, biophysicists, physiologists and pharmacologists) who share a common interest in arterial chemoreception. ISAC took over the co-ordination of the international chemoreceptor meetings, with the membership deciding the venue for forthcoming meetings. During the Park City symposium Dublin was selected to host the 1993 meeting, under the Presidency of Professor Ronan O'Regan. The 12th International Meeting on Arterial Chemoreception, which was held in Dublin in August 1993, was acclaimed as a great success by all those present. The delegates not only shared in a wide-ranging feast of chemoreceptor based science, they had plenty of opportunity during the meeting for renewing acquaintances and establishing new friendships. The location for the meeting at University College Dublin's modem Belfield campus helped to promote such interaction, and the social programme was outstanding.

• Calcium
• Glutamat
• Nicotin
• artery
• cardiovascular
• chemoreceptor
• development
• dopamine
• endothelium
• heart
• heart rate
• pharmacology
• research
• respiration
• skeletal muscle

• University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  Ronan G. O’Regan, Philip Nolan

• University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland

  Daniel S. McQueen

• University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

  David J. Paterson

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