...Michelle N. Reichert; Deidre L. Brink; William K. Milsom The homolog to the mammalian carotid body has not yet been identified in lizards. Observational studies and evolutionary history provide indirect evidence for the existence of a chemoreceptor population at the first major bifurcation...

...(neuroepithelial cells), airways (neuroepithelial bodies) and vasculature(carotid bodies) that initiate cardiorespiratory reflexes, oxygen sensitive chromaffin cells associated with systemic veins or adrenal glands that regulate the rate of catecholamine secretion, and vascular smooth muscle cells capable...

... for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 16 9 2002 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 respiratory muscle endurance training carotid body control of breathing hyperpnea exercise human Endurance athletes frequently have a lower peripheral chemosensitivity...