Metaraminol uptake by human thrombocytes: a poor model for neuronal noradrenaline uptake.

The IC50 of a number of antidepressants and related drugs on the uptake of 1-metaraminol and serotonin into human thrombocytes, and of noradrenaline and serotonin into rat midbrain synaptosomes were compared. In accordance with previous reports, it was found that platelets provide a good model for the study of neuronal uptake of serotonin. Platelet uptake of 1-metaraminol, although correlated to some extent with noradrenaline uptake into synaptosomes, seems to be an unsatisfactory model for the neuronal uptake of the latter amine.