Abstract
Choline 2:6-xylyl ether bromide (TM 10), given systemically to cats in doses of 5 to 15 mg./kg., abolishes the effects of adrenergic nerve stimulation whilst leaving the reactions of the effector organs to adrenaline unimpaired. The effects of a single dose may take up to one hour to become fully established and last for more than twenty-four hours. Apart from transitory ganglionic blockade, cholinergic autonomic nerves are unaffected even by large doses of TM 10. Doses of TM 10 which produce effective blockade do not impair conduction along adrenergic nerve trunks; the drug must, therefore, act at, or close to, the nerve terminals. TM 10 prevents the output of noradrenaline from the spleen on stimulating the splenic nerves; but, in acute experiments, it does not influence the liberation of pressor amines from the stimulated suprarenals. Examination of some ethers related to TM 10 revealed no correlation between TM 10-like adrenergic blocking activity and local anaesthetic activity. The action of TM 10 on adrenergic nerves does not, therefore, seem to be accounted for by axonal block.
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