Sympathetic activation by the central chemoreceptor 'reflex': new evidence that RVLM vasomotor neurons are involved...but are they enough?
Sympathetic activation by the central chemoreceptor 'reflex': new evidence that RVLM vasomotor neurons are involved...but are they enough?
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中枢化学感受器“反射”激活交感神经:新证据表明 RVLM 血管运动神经元参与其中……但它们足够了吗?
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10.1113/jphysiol.2006.119677
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2006
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Toney,GlennM
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The existence of chemoreceptive neurons in the central nervous system was discovered more than 40 years ago (Mitchell et al. 1963). Subsequently, studies have demonstrated that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) acidification by even a small increase in dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2)(ie hypercapnoea) activates chemoreceptor neurons and thereby stimulates the ‘drive to breathe’(Feldman et al. 2003; Nattie & Li, 2006). Whether respiratory stimulation is mediated exclusively/predominantly by neurons within the ventral surface of the medulla as suggested by early (Mitchell et al. 1963) and more recent (Mulkey et al. 2004) studies, or is an emergent property of a brainstem network of chemoreceptor neurons (Smith et al. 2006) continues to be a source of spirited dialog (Nattie & Li, 2006). In this issue of The Journal of Physiology, Moreira et al.(2006) shift attention toward another important component of the response to hypercapnoea, namely increased sympathetic nerve discharge (SND). Though less well studied than respiratory effects of hypercapnoea, sympathetic activation by elevated arterial/CSF CO2 has important homeostatic functions that maintain appropriate cerebral and systemic blood flow distribution during respiratory depression, when inspired gases become hypercapnic, or when acid–base balance is disrupted (Dean et al. 1990; Feldman et al.