[Histamine. Its action on the heart and vessels].

The literature data on the effect of histamine on the heart and vessels in different species of animals and man were analyzed. Nonheterogeneity of histamine effect can be presumably explained by a strong representation of various types of receptors to which this biogenic amine is bound (H1, H2, H3) in the organs and tissues, their unequal location on the pre- and postsynaptic membrane, the differences in their physiological functions.