Lexic.us

Definition of Beta receptor

1. Noun. 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).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beta Receptor

Literary usage of Beta receptor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"Similarly, receptor binding studies have demonstrated increased beta-receptor populations 12 hours following a single dose of cocaine (Banerjee et al. ..."

2. Understanding the Immune System by Lydia Woods Schindler (1994)
"Like the alpha/beta receptor, the more primitive gamma/delta receptor works in conjunction with T3. The function of T cells that carry gamma/delta receptors ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... was sec- r to heart-rate and contractility in- i brought about by beta-receptor stim- i. As might be expected from a com- : pharmacological antagonism, ..."

4. Drug Addiction Research & the Health of Women edited by Cora L. Wetherington (1999)
"Chronic cocaine use may reduce the effectiveness of beta-receptor agonists, the primary medications used to stop premature labor. • Cocaine raises the fetal ..."

5. Pharmaceutical R&D: Costs, Risks and Rewards by Office of Technology Assessment (1994)
"The target molecule, the beta-receptor molecule, responded to epinephrine specifically, although its function varied in heart cells, blood vessels ..."

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