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In the rabbit, catecholamine depletion of the carotid body reduced and delayed the chemoreceptor response to hypoxia (Leitner et al., 1983). The present experiment is intended to provide further information about the role of catecholamines in the carotid body of the rabbit and the cat. Single chemoreceptor responses to hypoxia and to hypercapnia will be studied in reserpinized animals and the effect of blocking tyrosine hydroxylase will also be examined. This experimentation was coupled with a measurement of monoamines in the rabbit carotid body the results of which have already been described in a preceding communication (Leitner et al., 1985).
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Leitner, LM., Roumy, M. (1987). In Vitro Carotid Chemoreceptor Response to Hypoxia and Hypercapnia after Reserpinization or AMPT-Treatment in the Rabbit and in the Cat. In: Ribeiro, J.A., Pallot, D.J. (eds) Chemoreceptors in Respiratory Control. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1155-1_18
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