Blood pressure, breathing, and the carotid body.

Discusses how carotid chemoreceptors are associated with the control of ventilation and the hypoxic drive to breathe. Controversial relations between cardiovascular disease and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); Comparison of arterial blood pressure in healthy people and in OSA patients; Study by V.K. Somers et al that suggests how carotid chemoreceptor stimulation by hypoxia may be relevant to the increased sympathetic activity found in OSA.