Why the study?
Does electrical stimulation of autonomic nerves affect carotid body blood flow and tissue PO2 in anaesthetized cats?
Population
Anaesthetized cats
Comparison
Electrical stimulation of the distal ends of cut… vs Baseline/unstimulated state
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Does not support clinical use of autonomic nerve stimulation for chemoreflex modulation; leaves open non-vascular mechanisms in human carotid body physiology.
Does electrical stimulation of autonomic nerves affect carotid body blood flow and tissue PO2 in anaesthetized cats?
Autonomic nerves supplying the carotid body primarily influence shunt vessels rather than the capillary network, suggesting non-vascular mechanisms for chemoreceptor activity modulation.
Acker et al. (1981) studied this question.
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