chemoreceptor cell

Introduction

Any cell activated by a change in its chemical milieu, resulting in an action potential.

Chemoreceptor cells may be:

• transducer cells innervated by sensory nerve fibers
  • gustatory chemoreceptors of the taste buds
  • cells in the carotid body sensitive to changes in oxygen & CO2 content of the blood
• classical neurons
  • olfactory chemoreceptors of the olfactory mucosa
  • neurons in the brainstem sensitive to changes in the chemical milieu of the blood or CSF

More general terms

• neuron

More specific terms

• olfactory neuron