Comparison of effects of surgical and chemical sympathectomy

Comparison of effects of surgical and chemical sympathectomy on beta adrenergic and muscarinic receptors of parotid gland of young and adult rats

CA Schneyer, M Humphreys-Beher and HD Hall
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294

QNB binding was decreased with surgical sympathectomy as well as reserpine-induced sympathectomy of adult parotid gland; norepinephrine concentration was decreased to levels of a few percent of innervated glands. The relation between development of glandular supersensitivity and increase in beta adrenoceptors is discussed.

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Vol 188, 420-426, Copyright © 1988 by Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine