| beta-adrenergic blocking agent |
beta blocker: any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia; decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system
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| beta-adrenergic receptor |
beta receptor: receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat)
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| beta-adrenergic receptor |
a specialized molecular structure on the surface membrane of a neuron that selectively receives the neurotransmitter norepinephrine. Reception of this neurotransmitter causes changes in the neuron that increase its likelihood of "firing" or sending its own signal to other neurons. The activities of norepinephrine affect that part of the nervous system involved in the control of some involuntary body functions, such as blood pressure regulation, etc. (sympathetic nervous system).
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| beta-adrenergic b. |
see adrenergic b.
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| beta-adrenergic blocking a. |
an agent that induces adrenergic blockade at either β1- or β2-adrenergic receptors or at both.
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