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    Springer
    European journal of clinical pharmacology 12 (1977), S. 319-322 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Clonidine ; Yohimbine ; sleep ; REM sleep
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Clonidine (300 µg orally) increased in man the total duration of sleep and strikingly reduced the duration of REM sleep. Yohimbine (10 mg per os) did not alter the sleep patterns in man but antagonized the effects of clonidine. These results provide evidence that an α sympathomimetic mechanism could suppress REM sleep and increased the total duration of sleep.
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    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 314 (1980), S. 83-87 
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Guinea-pig ileum ; Presynaptic α-adrenoceptors ; Clonidine ; Morphine ; α-Adrenoceptor blocking agents
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The purpose of the present study was to further characterize the α-adrenoceptors located on parasympathetic fibres. Segments of guinea-pig ileum were stimulated by transmural electrical pulses, and the ensuing contractions, which are due to the release of acetylcholine from postganglionic parasympathetic fibres, were monitored. Clonidine and tramazoline, which are thought to act preferentially on presynaptic α-adrenoceptors, reduced the contractions, whereas phenylephrine and methoxamine, postsynaptic α-adrenoceptor agonists, were ineffective. Contractions induced by acetylcholine were not changed by clonidine but were abolished by atropine. Yohimbine, piperoxan, phentolamine and thymoxamine reversed or prevented the inhibitory effect of clonidine. Prazosin and AR-C239 did not antagonize this effect. The inhibitory effect of tramazoline was antagonized by piperoxan but not by AR-C239 or by prazosin. Naloxone did not alter the action of clonidine, and piperoxan did not change the inhibitory effect of morphine. In conclusion, these experiments suggest the presence on cholinergic postganglionic fibres of both opiate receptors and α-adrenoceptors. The latter appear to resemble more closely α1-adrenoceptors than α1-adrenoceptors.
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    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 318 (1982), S. 288-294 
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Mianserin ; Clonidine ; Desipramine ; Acetylcholine ; α2-Adrenoceptors
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The purpose of the present study was to characterize the effects of mianserin at α2-adrenoceptors. Firstly, the action of mianserin on postganglionic sympathetic fibres has been studied using the tachycardia induced by stimulation of the cardiac nerve in dogs. Mianserin increased this tachycardia, but could not prevent the inhibitory effect of clonidine in this model. However, an antagonistic effect of mianserin against clonidine was observed when animals were pretreated with desipramine. Secondly, mianserin antagonized the inhibitory effect of clonidine on the electrically stimulated guinea-pig ileum. In high concentrations, mianserin reduced both electrically and acetylcholine induced contractions. Thirdly, mianserin antagonised the sleep induced by clonidine in chickens. These results are consistent with α2-adrenoceptor blocking properties of mianserin in peripheral noradrenergic fibres in dogs, in cholinergic fibres in guinea-pig ileum and in the central nervous system in chickens.
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