Journal article
Pulmonary mechanoreceptors in the dipnoi lungfish Protopterus and Lepidosiren
Abstract
Pulmonary mechanoreceptors in the dipnoi lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus and Lepidosiren paradoxa were identified and characterized both in vivo and in vitro. Both slowly adapting receptors (SAR) and rapidly adapting receptors (RAR) were found, with the majority of receptors being of the slowly adapting type. The SAR discharged during inflation once their threshold volume was exceeded, and this activity persisted during prolonged lung …
Authors
DeLaney RG; Laurent P; Galante R; Pack AI; Fishman AP
Journal
American Journal of Physiology, Vol. 244, No. 3, pp. r418–r428
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Publication Date
March 1, 1983
DOI
10.1152/ajpregu.1983.244.3.r418
ISSN
0002-9513