Sympathetic innervation of human tracheal and bronchial smooth muscle

We have assessed functional and structural evidence for sympathetic innervation of human tracheal and bronchial smooth muscles. In the bronchus, functional evidence for such innervation was shown by the following results: a leftward shift in the noradrenaline inhibitory dose-response curve by the neuronal uptake blocker imipramine; the inhibition of uptake of 3H-L-noradrenaline by the neuronal uptake blockers imipramine, cocaine and …