Carotid Receptors Essential in the Gasping of the Isolated Rat Head

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Abstract
Gasping (mandibular movements) in the isolated isehemie rat head and the intact dog after occlusion of the trachea was shown to be a reflex involving the carotid receptors. [male] rats were anesthetized with chloralose and, after locating the carotid bodies, ten were decapitated caudal to these structures and ten above them. Only when the carotid mechanism remained connected to the brain did gasping occur. In 2 dogs under nembutal anesthesia mandibular gasps, normally present, could not be elicited by tracheal occlusion after bilateral removal of the carotid reflex mechanism.

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