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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADRENERGIC FIBRE
Author(s) -
BURN J. H.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of pharmacology and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.432
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1476-5381
pISSN - 0366-0826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1968.tb00457.x
Subject(s) - adrenergic , vasodilation , medicine , library science , receptor , computer science
The majority of motor nerves have been shown to release acetylcholine as the transmitter substance. This is true (a) of nerves to skeletal muscle, (b) of parasympathetic nerves, both preand postganglionic, and (c) of preganglionic sympathetic nerves. The sympathetic postganglionic fibres, apart from those to the sweat glands, alone have noradrenaline as their main transmitter. These fibres are the exception. How has this come about ?