THE PHARMACOLOGY OF ADRENERGIC NEURONAL RESPONSES IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX: EVIDENCE FOR EXCITATORY α‐ AND INHIBITORY β‐RECEPTORS
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- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Pharmacology
- Vol. 59 (4), 635-641
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.1977.tb07732.x
Abstract
1 The technique of microelectrophoresis was used to compare the actions of a range of adrenoceptor agonists on single cortical neurones in the rat anaesthetized with halothane. 2 Phenylephrine and methoxamine were exclusively excitatory, whereas salbutamol was entirely depressant. Noradrenaline and isoprenaline could evoke both excitatory and depressant responses. Lower doses of isoprenaline usually evoked depressions, whereas higher doses, on the same cell, evoked excitatory responses. 3 The α-adrenoceptor blocking agents, phentolamine and phenoxybenzamine, reversibly antagonized excitatory responses to adrenoceptor agonists, without affecting depressant responses to adrenoceptor agonists or excitatory responses to acetylcholine. 4 The β-adrenoceptor blocking agents, propranolol and sotalol, reversibly antagonized both depressant and excitatory responses to adrenoceptor agonists, without affecting responses to acetylcholine. When the effect of sotalol on excitatory and depressant responses to adrenoceptor agonists was compared on the same cell, the depressant responses could be selectively antagonized, without affecting the excitatory responses. 5 It is concluded that (a) responses of cortical neurones to adrenoceptor agonists are mediated by both α- and β-receptors; (b) these α- and β-receptors give rise to opposite effects: the α-receptors being excitatory and the β-receptors being inhibitory; and (c) responses of many neurones reflect the presence of both types of receptor.Keywords
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