PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S. M. Kirpekar
AU  - Peter Cervoni
AU  - Daniel Couri
TI  - DEPLETION AND RECOVERY OF CATECHOLAMINES AND ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE OF RAT ADRENAL MEDULLA AFTER RESERPINE TREATMENT
DP  - 1963 Oct 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 71--75
VI  - 142
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/142/1/71.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/142/1/71.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1963 Oct 01; 142
AB  - The effect of reserpine on the catecholamine and adenosine triphosphate contents of rat adrenal medullae has been studied. Reserpine (10 mg/kg) given intraperitoneally, reduced epinephrine, norepinephrine and adenosine triphosphate levels by about 90 to 95% within 24 hours. Recovery of amines and adenosine triphosphate was studied at intervals up to 21 days following reserpine. Recovery of norepinephrine was slightly faster than epinephrine, and almost complete replacement occurred in about 7 days. Epinephrine recovery was complete in 2 weeks. Recovery of adenosine triphosphate followed the same time course as the recovery of total catecholamines and 50% replacement of both took place in 4 days following reserpine injection. A monoamine oxidase inhibitor, pheniprazine, when injected at a dose of 2 mg/kg per day for 7 days, had no effect on medullary amines. The Williams & Wilkins Company