chemoreceptor
- Low cost of pulmonary ventilation in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) stimulated with doxapram
Summary: The cost of pulmonary ventilation measured in alligators that were pharmacologically stimulated with the respiratory stimulant doxapram reveals that ventilation in alligators is energetically cheap.
- A role for nitric oxide in the control of breathing in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Summary: Nitric oxide, a gaseous neurotransmitter, plays a modulatory role in controlling breathing in zebrafish during acute changes in environmental oxygen levels, and its role changes throughout development.
- Hypercapnia and low pH induce neuroepithelial cell proliferation and emersion behaviour in the amphibious fish Kryptolebias marmoratus
Summary: Amphibious fish may use oxygen-sensing neuroepithelial cells to sense and avoid high CO2 or low pH in the water.
- Aquatic surface respiration and swimming behaviour in adult and developing zebrafish exposed to hypoxia
Summary: Aquatic surface respiration in fish is a behavioural response that is reliant upon input from peripheral oxygen chemoreceptors.