"Carotid Body" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A small cluster of chemoreceptive and supporting cells located near the bifurcation of the internal carotid artery. The carotid body, which is richly supplied with fenestrated capillaries, senses the pH, carbon dioxide, and oxygen concentrations in the blood and plays a crucial role in their homeostatic control.
| Descriptor ID |
D002344
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.675.650.915.500.600.150 A08.800.950.500.600.150 A11.671.650.915.500.600.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Carotid Body- Carotid Body
- Bodies, Carotid
- Body, Carotid
- Carotid Bodies
- Glomus Caroticum
- Caroticum, Glomus
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2015 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carotid Body" by people in Profiles.
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Oxygen extremes, inflammation, and neonatal breathing. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2026 Aug-Sep; 344:104610.
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Opioid-induced respiratory depression: an underappreciated role of the peripheral nervous system. J Neurophysiol. 2026 Jun 01; 135(6):1644-1651.
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Intracellular calcium release activates carotid body afferents by fentanyl. Function (Oxf). 2026 02 01; 7(1):e0782025.
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Activation of the Carotid Body by Kappa Opioid Receptors Mitigates Fentanyl-Induced Respiratory Depression. Function (Oxf). 2025 05 19; 6(3).
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Signal Transduction Pathway Mediating Carotid Body Dependent Sympathetic Activation and Hypertension by Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia. Function (Oxf). 2025 02 12; 6(1).
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Transcriptomic Analysis of Postnatal Rat Carotid Body Development. Genes (Basel). 2024 02 27; 15(3).
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Hypoxia sensing requires H2S-dependent persulfidation of olfactory receptor 78. Sci Adv. 2023 07 07; 9(27):eadf3026.
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Carotid body hypersensitivity in intermittent hypoxia and obtructive sleep apnoea. J Physiol. 2023 12; 601(24):5481-5494.
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Carotid body responses to O2 and CO2 in hypoxia-tolerant naked mole rats. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2022 10; 236(2):e13851.
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Exertional Dyspnea and Chronotropic Incompetence Caused by Extrinsic Compression of the Right Carotid Body by a Giant Lipoma. Can J Cardiol. 2022 10; 38(10):1588-1590.