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+--- Thread: Anything missing w Adrenoceptor Sensitvity? - goodman (/showthread.php?tid=843401)
Anything missing w Adrenoceptor Sensitvity? - goodman - ArchivalUser - 08-11-2017
Beta receptors usually more sensitive to activator than alpha receptors.
W/ drugs that activate both receptors (e.g. epinephrine) the beta responses are dominant at low doses; at higher doses the alpha responses predominate