Abstract
The effect of extracellular Na+ deprivation on the carbachol-evoked catecholamine secretion was evaluated in chromaffin cells. Isolated adrenal medullae of male Wistar rats were incubated in solutions with different sodium concentrations (144,0; 75,0; 25,0 and ømM). Catecholamine secretions inversely increased as a response to fall of extracellular concentration of sodium. The magnitude of response to cholinergic stimulus (carbachol 100 μM) was decreased in low extracellular sodium concentration. Atropine (100 μM) inhibited secretion of catecholamine induced by carbachol in the presence and in the absence of extracellular sodium. Results suggest that in isolated adrenal medullae of rats (1) decrease in concentration of extracellular sodium increases
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