Abstract
The progression of knowledge in a field of scientific research can be aptly chronicled by a study of the records of scientific meetings on that topic. This review describes the highlights of the first 8 international meetings on arterial chemoreception, and as such provides an interesting historical view of the developments in carotid body research since the 1950’s. The success of these meetings culminated in the formation of the International Society for Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC) in 1988. This marked the beginning of a new era with more frequent meetings held within a formal international organizational structure. Four meetings have been held under the auspices of the Society, including the 12th International meeting held in Dublin in September 1993, the proceedings of which form this volume. These meetings are such recent events, and included such a large volume of scientific work, that it would be impossible to accurately describe their place in the history of chemoreceptor research. For this reason, this chapter concentrates largely on the earlier meetings. There is a danger that a review such as this could become a mere catalogue of brief abstracts. Therefore, the focus of this chapter has been further narrowed so that particular attention is paid to work which was the source of controversy or papers which opened new horizons in chemoreceptor research. As a consequence, many excellent experiments and experimenters are not mentioned. We hope, however, that this description of the importance of scientific meetings in the development of carotid body research, while mentioning relatively few individuals, will be taken as a tribute to all those who have participated in such meetings over the years.
“Historia vero testis temporum, lux veritatis”
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O’Regan, R.G., Nolan, P. (1994). International Meetings on Arterial Chemoreceptors: Historical Perspectives. In: O’Regan, R.G., Nolan, P., McQueen, D.S., Paterson, D.J. (eds) Arterial Chemoreceptors. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 360. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2572-1_2
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