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Antagonism by Mianserin and Classical Alpha-adrenoceptor Blocking Drugs of Some Cardiovascular and Behavioral Effects of Clonidine

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Journal Eur J Pharmacol
Specialty Pharmacology
Date 1978 Feb 15
PMID 24544
Citations 28
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Abstract

Antagonism of pressor responses to sympathetic outflow stimulation and alpha-adrenoceptor agonists in pithed spontaneously hypertensive rats was used to estimate postsynaptic alpha-adrenoceptor blocking activity of mianserin, phentolamine, phenoxybenzamine, piperoxan and yohimbine. Estimation of presynaptic alpha-adrenoceptor blocking activity of these drugs was obtained by studying their ability to antagonize clonidine-induced suppression of positive chronotropic responses to sympathetic outflow stimulation. In this manner, evidence was obtained that mianserin causes selective presynaptic alpha-adrenoceptor blockade. Mianserin, piperoxan and yohimbine antagonized clonidine-induced avoidance blockade or hypotension in spontaneously hypertensive rats, but methysergide, phenoxybenzamine and phentolamine were ineffective. These results suggest that mianserin may antagonize the central effects of clonidine by blockade of noradrenergic presynaptic or autoreceptors and possibly explain the antidepressant effect of mianserin as due to indirect activation of central noradrenergic neurons.

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