This volume contains the papers presented at the symposion on Central Neurone Environment and the Control Systems of Breathing and Circulation held at Bochum, October 5-7,1981 in honour of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans H. Loeschcke, who retired in March 1981. His discovery of ventral medullary substrates forming an essential drive for the ventilatory as well as for circulatory control systems, and the elaboration of this concept during the last 25 years have profoundly influenced the concepts in this field. In an age of proceeding specializa tion on partial mechanisms, his approach has always emphasized the integrative aspects of the control systems, especially the role of the respiratory control system for the ionic homeostasis of the brain and the close interrelation between neuronal respiratory and cardiovascular control. This general intention implies the combination of physico chemical and neurophysiological approaches as well as the study of peripheral function of respiration and circulation, topics which are usually handled separately according to the different methods.

Central Neurone Environment

Central Neurone Environment
Evidence for a Carrier Mediated Exchange Diffusion of HCO3? against Cl? at the Interphases of the Central Nervous System
Effect of the Anion Blocker 'SITS' on Cerebrospinal Fluid HCO3? in Acute Acid-Base Perturbations
Investigation of the Ional and Gaseous Exchange in the Brain: Measurement and Modelling
Acid-Base Kinetics of Blood During CO2- and O2 -Uptake
Central Chemosensitivity
Localization of CO2 Sensitive Units in the Rostral Medullary Chemosensitive Area of the Cat
Microstimulation within the Intermediate Area and it's Influence on Respiratory Neurons
Further Studies on the Interaction of the Central Chemosensitive Drive and the Respiratory Drive in Hyperthermia
Training of Central Chemosensitivity in Infants with Sleep Apnea
Central and Peripheral Chemosensitivity
Adrenergic, Cholinergic, and Peripheral Chemoreceptor Effects on Thermal Panting in Cats
Hypoxic Modulation of Central Chemosensitivity
The Response Characteristic of Peripheral Chemoreceptors and Their Physiological Relevance
The Significance of Carotid Chemoreceptor Stimulus-Impulse Transmission for the Respiratory Control System of the Rabbit
Respiratory Control: Physiology and Pathophysiology
The Effect of Acute Hypocapnia on the Response to Inhaled CO2 in Man
Patterns of Reflex Responses to Dynamic Stimulation of the Human Respiratory System
Central Hypoxic-Hypercapnic Interaction in Mild Hypoxia in Man
Neural Control of the Bronchomotor-System
Reflex Effects of J Receptors
Respiratory and Cardiovascular Reflexes from the Afferent Sympathetic Nerves
Further Evidence for the Existence of a Pulmonary Respiratory "Oscillator" in Early Postnatal life
Ponto MedullaryRhythmgeneration
On the Functional Organization of the Generators of Rhythmic Motor Synergy in Breathing
A Three Phase Theory about the Basic Respiratory Pattern Generator
Functional Relations Between Dorsal Medullary Inspiratory Neurons and Phrenic Motoneurons
A New Aspect of the Functional Organization of Respiratory Neurons in the Brainstem with Respect to the Rhythmogenesis of Respiration: Different Stabilities of Reticular Respiratory Neurons in the Rabbit
The Influence of Chemosensory, Laryngeal, and Vagal Afférents on Respiratory Phase-Switching Mechanisms and the Generation of In- and Expiratory Efferent Activities
Cardiovascular Control: Aspects of Interrelations
Central and Peripheral Chemosensitivity in Early Essential Hypertension in Man
The Role of the Ventral Medulla in the Control of Sympathetic Activity by Systemic Arterial CO2
Respiratory and Cardiovascular "Centres": Functional Entirety or Separate Structures?
Morphological Aspects
Target Sites for Anticholinesterases, Cholinolytics and Oximes on Ventral Medulla Oblongata
Histochemical Studies on the Central Chemosensitive Fields of the Medulla Oblongata
Round Table Discussion.