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J Appl Physiol 51: 1398-1403, 1981;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 51, Issue 6 1398-1403, Copyright © 1981 by American Physiological Society

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Carotid chemoreceptors in ventilatory responses to changes in venous CO2 load

E. A. Phillipson, G. Bowes, E. R. Townsend, J. Duffin and J. D. Cooper

We examined the role of the carotid chemoreceptors in the ventilatory response to changes in venous CO2 load in 12 awake sheep using a venovenous extracorporeal perfusion circuit and two carbon dioxide membrane lungs (CDML). Three of the sheep had undergone surgical denervation of the carotid bodies (CBD). In the nine intact sheep, as CO2 was removed from or added to the peripheral venous blood through the CDML under normoxic conditions, there was a linear relationship between the rate of pulmonary CO2 excretion (VCO2) and the resulting rate of ventilation over a VCO2 range of 0--800% of control, so that arterial PCO2 remained close to isocapnic. In contrast, in the three CBD sheep, the ventilatory response to changes in VCO2 was significantly decreased under normoxic conditions, resulting in marked hypercapnia. The results indicate that the carotid chemoreceptors exert a major influence on the ventilatory response to changes in venous CO2 load.


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