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A hormone produced by the adrenal glands that also acts as a neurotransmitter for nerve cells. Part of the fight-or-flight response.
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| norepinephrine |
also called noradrenaline. A neurohormone, this is the primary chemical messenger of the sympathetic nervous system. It binds very strongly to adrenergic receptors on cell walls
Ãâó: www.chfpatients.com/glossary_2.htm
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| norepinephrine |
a neurotransmitter found mainly in areas of the brain that are involved in governing autonomic nervous system activity, especially blood pressure and heart rate.
Ãâó: www.luhs.org/health/topics/glossary/n.htm
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| norepinephrine |
A hormone that's the neurotransmitter or brain messenger for most of the sympathetic nervous system.
Ãâó: www.nutros.com/nsr-05zzz.html
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| norepinephrine |
[Gould's] a -(Amino methyl)-3,4-dihydroxylbenzyl alcohol, C 8 H 11 NO 3 , a demethylated epinephrine. The levotatory isomer (levarterenol) is formed at the sympathetic nerve endings as a mediator of functional activity; it is probably the postulated sympathin E. Therapeutically, it is useful for maintenance of blood pressure in acute hypertensive states caused by surgical and nonsurgical trauma, central vasomotor depression and haemorrhage; the bitartrate salt is commonly employed. ...
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