Browsing by Author "Eugenin, Jaime L."

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    Functional expression of the α7 and α4-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on the neonatal rat carotid body
    (2012) Meza, Rodrigo C.; Ortiz, Fernando C.; Bravo, Eduardo; Iturriaga-Vasquez, Patricio; Eugenin, Jaime L.; Varas, Rodrigo
    The carotid bodies (CBs) are chemosensory organs that respond to hypoxemia with transmitter neurosecretion, leading to a respiratory reflex response. It has been proposed that acetylcholine is a key regulator of transmitter release through activation of presynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). In the present work, we studied the identity of such nAChRs and their contribution to catecholamine release from CBs.