title: Some beta-adrenoceptor functions of the therapeutic interest.
abstract: The availability of selective beta-receptor agonists such as terbutaline is a stimulus to research dealing with various beta-receptor functions. The aim of such work is to demonstrate the physiological importance of the hormonal or nervous activation of receptors and to establish a scientific basis for therapeutic trials with beta-receptor active drugs. A brief account is given of the therapeutic possibilities as related to certain beta-receptor functions in the biliary tract, the urinary tract, the lung and the uterus. It is concluded that many beta-receptor functions can be described as therapeutically interesting. The practical importance of beta-agonist therapy is at present confined to relatively few organs, in particular the lung and the uterus.
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000187:drug effects; D014599:Uterus / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta