STUDIES ON SYMPATHOMIMETIC ACTION OF ACETALDEHYDE

II. SECRETORY RESPONSE OF THE ADRENAL MEDULLA TO ACETALDEHYDE: EXPERIMENT WITH THE PERFUSED CAT ADRENALS

Abstract

In the previous paper (1), we have shown that acetaldehyde released catecholamines from store sites located in or near the nerve terminals as well as from the adrenal medulla, and the action of acetaldehyde on the adrenal medulla was blocked by neither hexamethonium nor atropine.
In the present paper, we have dealt with the secretory response of adrenal medulla to acetaldehyde in the perfused cat adrenals, in the hope of gaining further insight into its mechanism.