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Pheochromocytoma - University of Colorado Denver

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<strong>Pheochromocytoma</strong><br />

Pathophysiology<br />

• Loading <strong>of</strong> sympathetic<br />

vesicles with catecholamine<br />

• Increase sympathetic<br />

neuronal impulse frequency<br />

• Selective desensitization <strong>of</strong><br />

presynaptic α2 adrenergic<br />

receptors which inhibit<br />

release <strong>of</strong> NE<br />

Langer et al Hypertension 1980

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