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Postganglionic sympathetic nerve activity (renal nerve) decreased significantly during i.v. infusion of a beta-adrenergic blocking drug, atenolol, in anesthetized rabbits. This phenomenon, at least in part reflex in nature, may contribute to the hypotensive effect of atenolol.
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Friggi, A., Chevalier-Cholat, A.M. & Bodard, H. Effets d'un inhibiteur béta-adrénergique, l'aténolol, sur l'activité efférente du nerf rénal chez le lapin. Experientia 33, 1207–1208 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922332
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