title: Adrenaline and hypertension.
abstract: In man, circulating adrenaline has little or no direct effect on the control of blood pressure. A small proportion of adrenaline secreted by the adrenal medulla is accumulated in sympathetic nerve endings and may be re-released by sympathetic nerve stimulation. Recent pharmacological studies have suggested that adrenaline acts on a presynaptic beta-receptor on sympathetic nerve endings to facilitate noradrenaline release, and it has been proposed that adrenaline re-released from these nerve endings is therefore a functionally important "co-transmitter". Intermittently elevated secretion of adrenaline from the adrenal medulla could therefore lead indirectly to a sustained increase in neuronal release of noradrenaline and hence to hypertension.
mesh_terms: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004147:Dioxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D019329:Idazoxan; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D004147:Dioxins; D009638:Norepinephrine; D019329:Idazoxan; D004837:Epinephrine