The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of glibenclamide, a hypoglycemic sulfonylurea, which selectively blocks ATP-sensitive K$^+$ channels, on secretion of catecholamines (CA) evoked by cholinergic stimulation and membrane depolarization from the isolated perfused rat adrenal glands. The perfusion of glibenclamide (1.0 mM) into an adrenal vein for 90 min produced time-dependently enhanced the CA secretory responses evoked by ACh (5.32 mM), high K$^+$ (a direct membrane depolarizer, 56 mM), DMPP (a selective neuronal nicotinic receptor agonist, 100 ${mu}$M for 2 min), McN-A-343 (a selective muscarinic M1 receptor agonist, 100 ${mu}$M for 2 min), Bay-K-8644 (an activator of L-type dihydropyridine Ca$^{2+}$ channels, 10 ${mu}$M for 4 min) and cyclopiazonic acid (an activator of cytoplasmic Ca$^{2+}$-ATPase, 10 ${mu}$M for 4 min). In adrenal glands simultaneously preloaded with glibenclamide (1.0 mM) and nicorandil (a selective opener of ATP-sensitive K$^+$ channels, 1.0 mM), the CA secretory responses evoked by ACh, high potassium, DMPP, McN-A-343, Bay-K-8644 and cyclopiazonic acid were recovered to the considerable extent of the control release in comparison with that of glibenclamide-treatment only. Taken together, the present study demonstrates that glibenclamide enhances the adrenal CA secretion in response to stimulation of cholinergic (both nicotinic and muscarinic) receptors as well as by membrane depolarization from the isolated perfused rat adrenal glands. It seems that this facilitatory effect of glibenclamide may be mediated by enhancement of both Ca$^{2+}$ influx and the Ca$^{2+}$ release from intracellular store through the blockade of K$_{ATP}$ channels in the rat adrenomedullary chromaffin cells. These results suggest that glibenclamide-sensitive K$_{ATP}$ channels may play a regulatory role in the rat adrenomedullary CA secretion.