“…Mesenteric arteries supplying the gastrointestinal tract of rat, guinea pig, rabbit and dog have been shown to be innervated by sympathetic nerves in which ATP is a major cotransmitter with NA [78,79,187,357,411,453,493,528,623,689]. For the sympathetic nerves in the jejunal branches of the rabbit mesenteric artery, like those supplying submucosal arterioles, ATP appears to be the sole transmitter, while NA acts prejunctionally [564].…”