[Vitamin B1 and autonomic drugs: a reprint].

The problem of the relationship between the thiamine and autonomic system drugs was studied about 30 years ago. To the vitamin was attributed an excitatory effect upon the peripheric section of parasympathetic nervous system and a synergic action with acetylcholine. Both an acetylcholine-like substance and thiamine are liberated at the nerve terminals after a stimulation. A similar synergic action of thiamine with adrenaline was also demonstrated. The study of the relationship between these drugs and the vitamin B1 is also now interesting. We want to stimulate a new series of experiments on this subject with the reprint of this review.