Sympathetic influence on the nasal mucosa.
PMID 190852 · Acta oto-laryngologica · 1977 · DOI 10.3109/00016487709128805
Authors: L Malm
Abstract
The tone of the resistance vessels determines the capillary flow and the tone of the capacitance vessels --the nasal patency. Lower impulse frequencies in the sympathetic nerves affect mainly the capacitance vessels, while higher frequencies affect both types of vessel. The existence of both alpha- and beta-adrenoreceptors and their distribution offer pharmacological ways to affect mainly one type of the vessels.
Electric Stimulation; Humans; Isoproterenol; Nasal Mucosa; Propranolol; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; Regional Blood Flow; Sympathetic Nervous System; Vascular Resistance
Cite
L Malm. Sympathetic influence on the nasal mucosa. Acta oto-laryngologica (1977). PMID 190852. DOI 10.3109/00016487709128805.