More information: Jacqueline K. Limberg et al, Role of the peripheral chemoreceptors in cardiovascular and metabolic control in type 2 diabetes, The Journal of Physiology (2024). DOI: 10.1113/JP286975 ...

There are two sets of these cells: the central chemoreceptors and the peripheral chemoreflex. The central chemoreceptors, located in the brain, "primarily just respond to carbon dioxide," Bain said.

Nicotine administration in newborn animals alters peripheral chemoreceptor sensibility and impairs the ability to autoresuscitation. Chronic prenatal cocaine exposure retards maturation of state ...