Abstract
1. The effects of α and β-adrenoceptor blockade, depletion of catecholamine stores, vagotomy, atropine, and ganglionic blockade on diazepam-induced vasodilatation were investigated in forty-six anaesthetized dogs.
2. Coronary blood flow was measured by timed collections of coronary venous efflux from fibrillating, decompressed ventricles; coronary and systemic vascular resistances were determined during total cardiopulmonary bypass under conditions of normothermia and constant aortic (coronary artery) pressure.
3. No significant alteration in the vasodilatation produced by diazepam was observed following either vagotomy or α-adrenoceptor blockade; partial inhibition of vasodilatation occurred after β-adrenoceptor blockade or catecholamine depletion, and nearly total inhibition was observed after small doses of atropine or ganglion-blocking agents.
4. The results suggest that diazepam may act as a specific ganglion-stimulant, causing active sympathetic and cholinergic vasodilatation.
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