Contractile responses to field stimulation of intramural nerves of arteries and veins taken from rabbits made hypertensive by partial constriction of the abdominal aorta have been related to the carotid artery pressure. The increase in contraction of cephalic and short saphenous veins with rise in carotid artery pressure can be accounted for by an increase in sensitivity of the α-adrenergic receptor. The neurogenic contraction of the ear artery increased with carotid artery pressure rise. Changes in some of the extraneuronal factors that influence transmitter distribution and disposition in the tunica media were examined. In hypertensive animals, the percentage of released adrenergic transmitter entering the vessel wall might be expected to decrease due to an increase in medial thickness. However, this percentage was not significantly altered in the ear artery probably due, in part, to a concomitant increase in medial permeablity to the transmitter. Extraneuronal transmitter disposition factors, i.e. extraneuronal uptake, monoamine oxidase, and catechol-O-methyltransferase activity are directly related to the wet weight of the vessel wall. Thus, their contribution to transmitter disposition would be expected to increase with increase in vessel wall thickness and tend to reduce the response to sympathetic activity. As the contractile response increased in the hypertensive vessels
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