Abstract
After guanethidine had blocked the response of the cat nictitating membrane to sympathetic nerve stimulation, dexamphetamine restored the responses to all frequencies of stimulation. Dexamphetamine antagonized the sympathetic nerve block by guanethidine in the isolated sympathetically innervated rabbit ileum; the evidence suggests that the antagonism was competitive. Dexamphetamine antagonized the sympathetic nerve block by guanethidine in the isolated hypogastric nerve-vas deferens preparation of the guinea-pig. Doses of dexamphetamine, larger than those required to antagonize the blocking action of guanethidine, abolished the responses of the nictitating membrane, ileum and vas deferens to nerve stimulation. Dexamphetamine did not influence the depletion of noradrenaline by guanethidine in the heart and spleen of rabbits. The hypothesis is advanced that both dexamphetamine and guanethidine act on the store of noradrenaline at sympathetic nerve endings.
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