SUPERSENSITIVITY TO ISOPRENALINE INDUCED IN RATS BY PROLONGED ISOLATION

ZIPORA SPEISER*, MARTA WEINSTOCK

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Abstract

The effect of isoprenaline on diastolic blood pressure and heart rate was determined in anaesthetized male rats which had been housed individually for 6–8 weeks after weaning, and compared with its effect in group‐housed litter‐mate controls. Isoprenaline caused a significantly greater fall in diastolic pressure in isolated rats and a greater increase in heart rate. Low doses of noradrenaline (5–10 ng) caused vasodepressor responses in isolated, but not in group‐housed rats. The pressor response to noradrenaline, which was smaller in isolated rats, was increased to the level of group‐housed controls by (±)‐propranolol. Prolonged isolation of rats may bring about an increase in sensitivity of β‐adrenoceptors to isoprenaline and noradrenaline. 1974 British Pharmacological Society

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)605-608
Number of pages4
JournalBritish Journal of Pharmacology
Volume52
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1974
Externally publishedYes

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