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It is well established that upper airway (UA) luminal CO2 modulates the activity of laryngeal receptors (Boushey et al, 1974, Bradford et al, 1990a, Anderson et al, 1990) However, in all of these studies, the CO2 was presented continuously to the larynx whereas, during normal breathing, CO2 fluctuates between 0% and end-tidal concentrations during inspiration and expiration respectively The purpose of the present investigation is to determine if laryngeal receptors are sensitive to such fluctuations in CO2 using an isolated, artificially ventilated laryngeal preparation in anaesthetized, paralysed cats
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Bradford, A., O’Regan, R.G., Nolan, P., McKeogh, D. (1994). Laryngeal Receptors are Sensitive to Expiratory Concentrations of CO2 . 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_73
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