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Control of the Heart and of Cardiorespiratory Interactions in Ectothermic Vertebrates

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The functional anatomy of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems and the neuro-anatomy and neuro-physiology of the systems that are implicated in the co-ordination of cardiac output with ventilation are reviewed in fish, including air-breathing fish, amphibians and reptiles. Recent data is reviewed in the light of previous studies on mammals. This account focuses on the roles of the autonomic nervous system in both feed-forward and feedback control of the respiration-related, beat-to-beat changes in heart rate that accompany continuous, rhythmical breathing as well as the marked changes in heart rate associated with bouts of discontinuous breathing. The control of cardiac shunting in species with incompletely separated systemic and pulmonary blood flow is also described.

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Taylor, E.W., Wang, T. (2009). Control of the Heart and of Cardiorespiratory Interactions in Ectothermic Vertebrates. In: Glass, M., Wood, S. (eds) Cardio-Respiratory Control in Vertebrates. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93985-6_13

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