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J Appl Physiol 44: 696-702, 1978;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 44, Issue 5 696-702, Copyright © 1978 by American Physiological Society

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Anemia as a stimulus to aortic and carotid chemoreceptors in the cat

J. D. Hatcher, L. K. Chiu and D. B. Jennings

In cats anesthetized with alpha-chloralose, the activities of aortic and carotid chemoreceptor nerves were measured during a control period and during anemia where the hematocrit was lowered in steps by dextran-for-blood exchange. With anemia there was a sustained nonlinear increase in firing of aortic chemoreceptors. There was a greater firing of aortic chemoreceptors for a given lowering of hematocrit from an initial low blood hematocrit than for a similar decrease in hematocrit from an initial high blood hematocrit. Tonic carotid chemoreceptor firing was independent of blood hematocrit and was only transiently increased at the time of dextran-for-blood exchange. The lack of effect of anemia on carotid chemoreceptor activity appeared to be due to sympathetic nerve activity. Section of the sympathetic nerves to the carotid chemoreceptors resulted in an increase in carotid chemoreceptor afferent activity during anemia in a manner similar to the increase in aortic chemoreceptor activity.


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