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The effects of subacute noise stress on the noradrenergic pattern and receptor-mediated responses were examined in aorta and atria of young and aged rats. Noise exposure increased the density of noradrenergic fibres and responses to the β-adrenergic agonist isoprenaline in the cardiac tissue of young animals. In aged rats, the stressing stimulus markedly increased the maximal response to the α-agonist on the aortic musculature; on the contrary, a reduced responsiveness to the β-agonist was observed at the cardiac level, without any noteworthy changes in the noradrenergic pattern in comparison to aged controls. The present results indicate that subacute noise stress induces both morphological and functional modifications of the noradrenergic nervous system and also that after subacute noise stress, morphological changes do not necessarily correspond exactly to functional data; the latter show responses that are more widely differentiated than the morphological ones.
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Paparelli, A., Soldani, P., Breschi, M.C. et al. Effects of subacute exposure to noise on the noradrenergic innervation of the cardiovascular system in young and aged rats: a morphofunctional study. J. Neural Transmission 88, 105–113 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01244816
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