- A
chemoreceptor, also
known as chemosensor, is a
specialized sensory receptor which transduces a
chemical substance (endogenous or induced) to generate...
- A
central chemoreceptor is a
chemoreceptor sensitive to the pH of its environment.
Central chemoreceptors are
located on the
ventrolateral medullary surface...
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Peripheral chemoreceptors (of the
carotid and
aortic bodies) are so
named because they are
sensory extensions of the
peripheral nervous system into blood...
- The
chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ) is an area of the
medulla oblongata that
receives inputs from blood-borne
drugs or hormones, and
communicates with...
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Nematode chemoreceptors are
chemoreceptors of nematodes.
Animals recognise a wide
variety of
chemicals using their senses of
taste and smell. The nematode...
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anticholinergic drugs.
Hyoscine butylbromide is
still capable of
affecting the
chemoreceptor trigger zone, due to the lack of a well-developed blood-brain barrier...
- the Hering-Breuer reflex, and
functional connectivity of
afferent O2
chemoreceptor activity with
respiratory motoneurons and
arousal centers. Amniotic...
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Receptors on the
floor of the
fourth ventricle of the
brain represent a
chemoreceptor trigger zone,
known as the area postrema,
stimulation of
which can lead...
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known as sensillae. A butterfly's
sense of
taste is
coordinated by
chemoreceptors on the tarsi, or feet,
which work only on contact, and are used to determine...
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concentration of
carbon dioxide,
controls the
respiratory rate. The
peripheral chemoreceptors that
detect changes in the
levels of
oxygen and
carbon dioxide are located...
