note category: do not confuse with chemoreceptor proteins
Scope Note
Cells specialized to detect chemical substances and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Chemoreceptor cells may monitor external stimuli, as in TASTE and OLFACTION, or internal stimuli, such as the concentrations of OXYGEN and CARBON DIOXIDE in the blood.
Entry Term(s)
Chemoreceptive Cells
NLM Classification #
WL 102.9
Previous Indexing
Sensory Receptor Cells (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note
2009; see CHEMORECEPTORS 1968-2008, see RECEPTORS, NEURAL 1963-1967
Cells specialized to detect chemical substances and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Chemoreceptor cells may monitor external stimuli, as in TASTE and OLFACTION, or internal stimuli, such as the concentrations of OXYGEN and CARBON DIOXIDE in the blood.
