| Vascular Analysis of the Carotid Body in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat | p. 3 |
| Role of the Carotid Sinus Nerve and of Dopamine in the Biochemical Response of Sympathetic Tissues to Long-Term Hypoxia | p. 9 |
| The Effects of Almitrine on [[superscript 3]H]5HT and [[superscript 125]I] Endothelin Binding to Central and Peripheral Receptors: An In Vitro Autoradiographic Study in the Cat | p. 17 |
| Immunocytochemical and Neurochemical Aspects of Sympathetic Ganglion Chemosensitivity | p. 25 |
| Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Markers in the Human Carotid Body in Health and Disease | p. 31 |
| The Effects of Chronic Hypoxaemia upon the Structure of the Human Carotid Body | p. 37 |
| Dopaminergic and Peptidergic Sensory Innervation of the Rat Carotid Body: Organization and Development | p. 43 |
| Effects of Cell-Free Perfusion and Almitrine Bismesylate on the Ultrastructure of Type-1 Cell Mitochondria in the Cat Carotid Body | p. 51 |
| Multi-Unit Compartmentation of the Carotid Body Chemoreceptor by Perineurial Cell Sheaths: Immunohistochemistry and Freeze-Fracture Study | p. 61 |
| Light and Electronmicroscopical Immunohistochemical Investigation of the Innervation of the Human Carotid Body | p. 67 |
| Serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine) Expression in Pulmonary Neuro-Endocrine Cells (NE) and a Netumor Cell Line | p. 73 |
| Effects of Hypoxia on Cultured Chemoreceptors of the Rat Carotid Body: DNA Synthesis and Mitotic Activity in Glomus Cells | p. 79 |
| Localization of Dopamine D2 Receptor mRNA in the Rabbit Carotid Body and Petrosal Ganglion by in situ Hybridization | p. 85 |
| Noradrenergic Glomus Cells in the Carotid Body: An Autoradiographic and Immunocytochemical Study in the Rabbit and Rat | p. 93 |
| The Modulation of Intracellular pH in Carotid Body Glomus Cells by Extracellular pH and pCO[subscript 2] | p. 103 |
| Evidence for Glucose Uptake in the Rabbit Carotid Body | p. 111 |
| Effects of Inorganic Calcium Channel Blockers on Carotid Chemosensory Responses in the Cat | p. 117 |
| Those Strange Glomus Cells | p. 123 |
| Carotid Body Neurotransmission | p. 131 |
| Carbonic Anhydrase and the Carotid Body | p. 137 |
| Ca[superscript 2+] Dynamics in Chemoreceptor Cells: An Overview | p. 149 |
| Spectrophotometric Analysis of Heme Proteins in Oxygen Sensing Cell Systems | p. 157 |
| Neurochemical and Molecular Biological Aspects on the Resetting of the Arterial Chemoreceptors in the Newborn Rat | p. 165 |
| Carbonic Anhydrase and Carotid Body Chemoreception in the Presence and Absence of [actual symbol not reproducible] | p. 171 |
| Role of Ion-Exchangers in the Cat Carotid Body Chemotransduction | p. 177 |
| Dopamine Metabolism in the Rabbit Carotid Body in vitro: Effect of Hypoxia and Hypercapnia | p. 183 |
| PO[subscript 2]-Dependence of Phospholipase C in the Cat Carotid Body | p. 191 |
| Optical Measurements of Micro-Vascular Oxygen Pressure and Intracellular pH in the Cat Carotid Body: Testing Hypotheses of Oxygen Chemoreception | p. 197 |
| Elevation of Cytosolic Calcium Induced by pH Changes in Cultured Carotid Body Glomus Cells | p. 205 |
| Role of Carbon Dioxide for Hypoxic Chemotransduction of the Cat Carotid Body | p. 213 |
| Metabolic Substrate Dependence of Carotid Chemosensory Responses to Stop-Flow Evoked Hypoxia and to Nicotine | p. 221 |
| Effects of Chemosensory Stimulation Membrane Currents Recorded with the Perforated-Patch Method from Cultured Rat Glomus Cells | p. 227 |
| Carbonic Anhydrase Near Central Chemoreceptors | p. 235 |
| Update on the Bicarbonate Hypothesis | p. 241 |
| Regulation of Intracellular pH in Type I Cells of the Neonatal Rat Carotid Body | p. 251 |
| Noradrenergic Inhibition of the Goat Carotid Body | p. 259 |
| Role of Substance P in Rat Carotid Body Responses to Hypoxia and Capsaicin | p. 265 |
| Carotid Sinus Nerve Inhibition Mediated by Atrial Natriuretic Peptide | p. 271 |
| Neurotransmitters and Second Messenger Systems in the Carotid Body | p. 279 |
| Does Adenosine Stimulate Rat Carotid Body Chemoreceptors? | p. 289 |
| Effects of Haloperidol on Cat Carotid Body Chemoreception in Vitro | p. 295 |
| Effect of Arterial Chemoreceptor Stimulation: Role of Norepinephrine in Hypoxic Chemotransmission | p. 301 |
| Carotid Body Denervation and Pulmonary Vascular Resistance in the Rat | p. 309 |
| Effects of Chemoreceptor Stimulation by Almitrine Bismesylate on Renal Function in Conscious Rats | p. 315 |
| Carbon Dioxide-Sensitive Laryngeal Receptors and their Reflex Effects | p. 323 |
| Ventilatory Response at the Onset of Exercise: An Update of the Neurohumoral Theory | p. 327 |
| Carotid Chemoreceptor Reflex Cardioinhibitory Responses: Comparison of their Modulation by Central Inspiratory Neuronal Activity and Activity of Pulmonary Stretch Afferents | p. 333 |
| The Modulation of Peripheral Chemoreceptor Input by Central Nervous System Hypoxia | p. 345 |
| Chemoreflexogenic Ventilatory Drive in Humans Adapted to Unusual Environments | p. 353 |
| Respiratory and Cardiovascular Activities in Carotid Body Resected Humans | p. 359 |
| Effects of Oxygen Tests on the Ventilatory Responses of the Cat and Rhesus Monkey to Changes in Arterial Potassium | p. 365 |
| Thermal Effects Upon the Chemosensory Drive of Ventilation | p. 371 |
| Carotid Chemosensory Response to Doxapram in the Newborn Kitten | p. 381 |
| Carotid Chemoreceptor Responses to Hypoxia and Hypercapnia in Developing Kittens | p. 387 |
| Presence of Chemosensitive SIF Cells in the Rat Sympathetic Ganglia: A Biochemical, Immunocytochemical and Pharmacological Study | p. 393 |
| Effects of Chronic Hypoxia and Cobalt on Macroprotein Pattern in the Rabbit Carotid Body and Superior Cervical Ganglion: Preliminary Observations | p. 401 |
| Time Course of the Response of Carotid Chemoreceptors to Sudden Rise of Inspired CO[subscript 2] in the Newborn Kitten | p. 407 |
| The Carotid Chemosensory Response to Hypoxia in the Developing Kitten | p. 415 |
| Actions of Doxapram on K[superscript +] Currents in Isolated Type I Cells of the Neonatal Rat Carotid Body | p. 421 |
| Stimulatory Effect of Long-Term Hypoxia on the Posterior Part of A2 Noradrenergic Cell Group in Nucleus Tractus Solitarius of Rat | p. 429 |
| Taurine Interaction with the Cat Carotid Body Function In Vitro | p. 435 |
| Contributors | p. 441 |
| Index | p. 451 |
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