Population
Cats (splenic nerves)
Comparison
Ligation of splenic nerves and/or cutting… vs Intact reflex pathway
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
24 hours
Authors
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Negligible axonal noradrenaline transport in animal sympathetic nerves; leaves open its role in human terminal transmitter maintenance.
Proximo-distal flow of noradrenaline in sympathetic nerves occurs independently of nerve impulses but contributes negligibly to terminal transmitter stores.
Geffen et al. (1968) studied this question.
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