SITE OF ACTION OF DRUGS ACTING ON ADRENERGIC NEUROHUMORAL TRANSMISSION

Na+ LiverPhenyal alanine tyrosine K+

STIMULATION INHIBITION

TYROSINE

ADRENERGIC NERVE TERMINAL

1.ALPHA METHYL P-TYROSINE

tyrosine hydroxylase

DOPA
DOPA decarboxylase

2.ALPHA METHYL DOPA CARBIDOPA

DOPAMNE
SYNAPTIC VESICLE

3.ALPHA METHYL DOPAMINE DOPAMNE

Beta dopamine hydroxylase

6.RESERPINE
Inactive metabolites

MAO
Vesicula r uptake

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Action PotentialCa2+

7.MAO INHIBITORS NE NE
EXOCYTOSIS

4.TYRAMINE LIKE DRUGS: EPHEDRINE, TYRAMINE,AMPHETAMINE

5.BRETYLIUM, GUANETHEDINE

8.UPTAKE I INHIBITORS UPTAKE I 9. UPTAKE II INHIBITORS

alpha 2 receptor

10. ALPHA 2 AGONISTS

NOR EPINEPHRINE COMT INHIBITORS

COMT

Inactive metabolites

UPTAKE II

11.ALPHA AGONISTS 12.BETA AGONISTS

13. ALPHA BLOCKERS

14.BETA BLOCKERS

alpha 1 and 2 receptor

EFFECTOR ORGAN RESPONSE/ EFFECT

Beta receptor