Otj adrenergic receptors

Jones SB, Leone SL, Bylund DB. Desensitization of the otj adrenergic receptor in HT29 and opossum kidney cell lines. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1990 254 294-300. 

These drugs act as agonists the regulatory otj-adrenergic receptor, both at the neuronal ending and at the level of the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS). Thus, release of norepinephrine is decreased. 

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