Involvement of the renin-angiotensin system in the regulation of lung norepinephrine inactivation during immobilization stress in rats

The effect of immobilization stress on inactivation of norepinephrine in the lungs is studied in intact rats and against the background of blockade of the renin-angiotensin system with captopril (0.4 mg/kg intravenously). Captopril is shown to prevent the drop of lung inactivation of norepinephrine during immobilization stress. Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 117, N ^o 5, pp. 468–469, May, 1994 Presented by Yu. A. Pankov, Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences