_ AUKLAND, K. Effect of adrenaline, noradrenaline, angiotension and renal nerve stimulation on intrarenal distribution of blood flow in dogs. Acta physiol. scand. 1968. 72. 498-509. The acute effect of adrenaline, noradrenaline, angiotensin and renal nerve stimulation on intrarenal blood flow was studied in 15 dogs. Local clearance of hydrogen gas measured polarographically with 2--4 needle-shaped platinum electrodes in the outer medulla served as indicator for medullary blood flow. Total renal blood flow was measured simultaneously with electromagnetic flowmeter. Adrenaline, noradrenaline and angiotensin infused i.v. or into the renal artery over a period of 5-15 min reduced outer medullary hydrogen clearance and total renal blood flow to 25-90 per cent of control, and on an average to the same extent. Renal nerve stimulation produced the same pattern with flow reduction to 50--75 per cent of control. Since changes in total renal blood flow mainly reflect changes in cortical perfusion, it is concluded that resistance to flow was increased proportionately in the cortical and juxtamedullary circulation. Considerable local variations in response of outer medullary hydrogen clearance observed with all stimuli suggested local differences in vasoconstrictor response, but no consistent difference between cortex and medulla.The acute effect of adrenaline, noradrenaline, angiotensin and renal nerve stimulation is to increase renal vascular resistance. In dogs, angiotensin and renal nerve stimulation may reduce blood flow to 25-50 per cent of control, whereas catecholamine injections may cause complete cessation of renal blood flow. In the latter case, it is obvious that the whole kidney becomes ischemic, but it is conceivable that smaller doses could produce selective ischemia in parts of the kidney, or at least a change in the normal intrarenal flow distribution. Such a response type was proposed by Trueta et al. (1947) who reported that adrenaline infusion, crush injuries and nerve stimulation in rabbits often caused complete cortical ischemia, while the blood was diverted through the juxtamedullary circulation. The same response was later observed after renin injection (Daniel, Prichard and Ward-McQuaid 1954). This conclusion was based on qualitative methods, such as India ink injec-498