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J Appl Physiol 41: 336-340, 1976;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 41, Issue 3 336-340, Copyright © 1976 by American Physiological Society

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Role of the carotid bodies in the heart rate response to breath holding in man

P. M. Gross, B. J. Whipp, J. T. Davidson, S. N. Koyal and K. Wasserman

To investigate the role of the carotid bodies in regulating the bradycardia of breath holding in man, we studied heart rate (HR) responses to prolonged breath holding (BH) in five asymptomatic asthmatic patients whose carotid bodies had been resected (CBR). Seven normal subjects served as controls. BH experiments were randomly initiated with single breaths of 100%, 21%, or 12% 92. During BH with 21% O2, normal subjects displayed the typical bradycardia; this response, however, was attenuated with the other O2 concentrations. In contrast, the CBR subjects manifested BH tachycardia which was inversely proportional to the O2 tension. HR increased in be CBR group by 5%, 31%, and 45% during BH with 100%, 21%, and 12% O2, respectively. These results demonstrate that the bradycardia of BH in normal man is under the influence of the carotid bodies. During BH and in the absence of carotid bodies, an O2 tension-dependent tachycardia is unveiled.


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