Manipulation of Bicarbonate in the Carotid Body

摘要: A hypothesis has already been presented that attempts to account for the convergence of hypoxia and hypercapnia give impulses in same afferent arterial chemoreceptor fiber. The nerve endings are regarded as acid receptors. Carbon dioxide, by becoming carbonic acid, naturally affects environment, does so also because mechanism tends hold acidity this environment constant fails hypoxia. Here I shall briefly outline behavior chemoreceptors explanation offered hypothesis. Then discuss particularly way which deals with adaptation response a step change PaCO2, subject about Bingmann made some important observations (p. 277).