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7505296

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
The carotid body is an arterial chemoreceptor organ sensitive to blood levels of O2, CO2 and pH. The present immunocytochemical and neurochemical study has demonstrated the presence of an extensive plexus of nitric oxide (NO)-synthesizing nerve fibers in this organ. These nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-containing axons are closely associated with parenchymal type I cells and with blood vessels in the carotid body. Denervation and retrograde tracing experiments have revealed that these fibers arise from NOS-immunoreactive and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) diaphorase-positive neuronal cell bodies located in the petrosal ganglion and the carotid body, and dispersed along the glossopharyngeal and carotid sinus nerves (CSN). Within the petrosal ganglion, these neurons are topographically segregated from the catecholaminergic cells, and they contain the neuropeptide, substance P. NOS-positive autonomic microganglial cells in the carotid body and CSN also exhibit choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) immunoreactivity. Our results suggest that nitric oxide may be a novel neuronal messenger in the mammalian carotid body involved in the modulation of chemosensory transduction and transmission in this organ.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9967
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
336
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
419-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Neurons synthesizing nitric oxide innervate the mammalian carotid body.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84108.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't