Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 270: H1078-H1084, 1996;
0363-6135/96 $5.00
Endogenous myocardial norepinephrine is not essential for ischemic preconditioning in rabbit heart
Right
ventricular norepinephrine content (pmol/mg protein), 51.4 +/- 11.1 in
untreated rabbits, was reduced to 0.6 +/- 0.2 and 1.8 +/- 0.5 by surgical
sympathectomy and reserpine, respectively.