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Specific Avidity of the Heart Muscle to Absorb and Store Epinephrine and Norepinephrine
W. RAAB, W. GIGEE
https://doi.org/10.1161/01.RES.3.6.553
Circulation Research. 1955;3:553-558
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Abstract
Circulating epinephrine and norepinephrine are avidly absorbed and stored by the heart muscle but not by skeletal muscle of dogs. Stimulation of the cardiac sympathetic nerves augments myocardial norepinephrine but not epinephrine. Sympatholytic drugs do not diminish, some even increase active catecholamines in heart muscle. The results explain a number of pathophysiologic conditions briefly enumerated.
- Received June 6, 1955.
- © 1955 American Heart Association, Inc.
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- Specific Avidity of the Heart Muscle to Absorb and Store Epinephrine and NorepinephrineW. RAAB and W. GIGEECirculation Research. 1955;3:553-558, originally published November 1, 1955https://doi.org/10.1161/01.RES.3.6.553
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