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lüll Retrotrapezoid nucleus: a litmus test for the identification of central chemoreceptors Guyenet PG; Stornetta RL; Bayliss DA; Mulkey DKExp Physiol 2005[May]; 90 (3): 247-53; discussion 253-7Central chemoreception is the mechanism by which arterial blood P(CO2) is detected by the CNS to regulate breathing. Two main theories have been proposed to account for the phenomenon. The distributed chemosensitivity theory argues that pH sensitivity is a widespread attribute of brainstem neurones and that central chemoreception results from the cumulative effects of pH on countless neurones. The specialized chemoreceptor theory envisions the existence of small and specialized populations of CNS cells (chemoreceptors) that are unique in their ability to detect very small pH fluctuations and, via specific connections, regulate a respiratory network that is itself unresponsive to pH. The recently identified CO2-sensitive neurones of the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) seem to possess most of the attributes that one would expect of such chemoreceptors. In this review we also suggest that many fewer medullary neurones are intrinsically responsive to CO2 in vivo than might have been anticipated from prior experimentation in vitro. The properties of RTN neurones provide renewed support for the specialized chemoreceptor theory of central chemoreception, proposed in the early 1960s. However, many uncertainties remain, especially as regards the molecular mechanisms of chemoreception, the type of cell that actually detects pH in vivo (neurone, glia or others) and the number and location of bona fide central chemoreceptors.|*Models, Neurological[MESH]|*Respiration[MESH]|Afferent Pathways/physiology[MESH]|Animals[MESH]|Carbon Dioxide/*blood[MESH]|Chemoreceptor Cells/*physiology[MESH]|Evidence-Based Medicine[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Lung/*innervation/*physiology[MESH]|Medulla Oblongata/*physiology[MESH] |