Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comment
. 2020 Oct;598(20):4433-4434.
doi: 10.1113/JP280529. Epub 2020 Aug 26.

Acute fetal hypoxic bradycardia: solving the chemoreception puzzle

Kent L Thornburg  1
Affiliations
Comment

Acute fetal hypoxic bradycardia: solving the chemoreception puzzle

Kent L Thornburg. J Physiol. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: baroreceptor reflex; chemoreceptor reflexes; fetal bradycardia; fetal hypoxaemia; umbilical cord compression.

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment on

References

    1. Giussani DA. (2016). Labouring on decelerations: the fetal peripheral chemoreflex wins. J Physiol 594, 4699–4700. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Hanson M & Kumar P. (1994). Chemoreceptor function in the fetus and neonate. Advances in experimental medicine and biology 360, 99–108. - PubMed
    1. Lear CA, Kasai M, Booth LC, Drury PP, Davidson JO, Maeda Y, Magawa S, Miyagi E, Ikeda T, Westgate JA, Bennet L & Gunn AJ. (2020). Peripheral chemoreflex control of fetal heart rate decelerations overwhelms the baroreflex during brief umbilical cord occlusions in fetal sheep. J Physiol. - PubMed
    1. Montani JP & Van Vliet BN. (2009). Understanding the contribution of Guyton's large circulatory model to long-term control of arterial pressure. Experimental physiology 94, 382–388. - PubMed
    1. Pluznick JL. (2013). Renal and cardiovascular sensory receptors and blood pressure regulation. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 305, F439–444. - PMC - PubMed

Publication types