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Distribution of Norepinephrine in the Heart

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THE concentrations of norepinephrine found by various investigators in the hearts of different animal species are summarized in the 1956 monograph by von Euler1. These values range from 0.3 to 1.0 µgm. per gm. of heart tissue.

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  1. National Heart Institute and National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

    PARKHURST A. SHORE, VICTOR H. COHN JUN., BENJAMIN HIGHMAN & HARRIET M. MALING

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SHORE, P., COHN, V., HIGHMAN, B. et al. Distribution of Norepinephrine in the Heart. Nature 181, 848–849 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181848a0

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