The carotid body detects circulating tumor necrosis factor-alpha to activate a sympathetic anti-inflammatory reflex
Pedro L. Katayama, Isabela P. Leirão, Alexandre Kanashiro, João Paulo Mesquita Luiz, Fernando Q. Cunha, Luiz Carlos Carvalho Navegantes, José Vanderlei Menani, Daniel B. Zoccal, Débora S.A. Colombari, Eduardo Colombari
Topics & Concepts
Rostral ventrolateral medullaCarotid bodySplanchnic nervesSplanchnicBaroreceptorInternal medicineDenervationEndocrinologyMedicineSympathetic nervous systemTumor necrosis factor alphaReflexAutonomic nervous systemGlutamatergicMedulla oblongataNeuroscienceCentral nervous systemReceptorHeart rateBiologyBlood pressureStimulationGlutamate receptorHemodynamicsNeuroscience of respiration and sleepVagus Nerve Stimulation ResearchHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control