Rossi M A, Oliveira J S, Zucoloto S
Experientia. 1976 Feb 15;32(2):206-8. doi: 10.1007/BF01937767.
The effect of long-term alcohol ingestion on the norepinephrine concentration of the heart was investigated in rats. The alcoholic animals showed a highly significant increase in cardiac norepinephrine concentration as compared with the corresponding controls. It is further suggested that continued exposure to high levels of norepinephrine may play a role in the development of cardiomyopathy in chronic alcoholism.
