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Definition of Norepinephrine

1. Noun. A catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses.

Definition of Norepinephrine

1. Noun. (neurotransmitter) A neurotransmitter found in the locus coeruleus which is synthesized from dopamine. ¹

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Definition of Norepinephrine

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Medical Definition of Norepinephrine

1. Catecholamine neurohormone, the neurotransmitter of most of the sympathetic nervous system (of so called adrenergic neurons): binds more strongly to _ adrenergic receptors. Stored and released from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. (13 Nov 1997)

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Literary usage of Norepinephrine

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The highest concentration of norepinephrine occurs at the end of the dark period (8). Although there is poor correlation between the rhythm in the storage ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"of norepinephrine increased the arte- >od pressure by 22% (P < 0.02). When animals were pretreated with prosta- in E2 the injection of norepinephrine used ..."

3. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"... Priming Attenuates GG2-Adrenoceptor-Mediated Inhibition of norepinephrine Release AM Etgen and GB Karkanias Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, ..."

4. Research on Alcohol and Alcoholism (1993)
"This measurement provides an indirect indication of norepinephrine activity. ... norepinephrine PRODUCTION AND WITHDRAWAL The sympathetic nervous system is ..."

5. How Third World Rural Households Adapt to Dietary Energy Stress: The by Philip Payne, Michael Lipton (1994)
"The differences declined as the two stimuli (doses of norepinephrine) were ... Plainly, NST response to norepinephrine is sharply lower-—at least for small ..."

6. The Neuroscience of Mental Health: A Report on Neuroscience Research edited by Stephen H. Koslow (1997)
"In recent years, neuroscientists have made significant progress in understanding the role of the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine (LC- NE) system in ..."

7. Proceedings of the Scientific Workshop on the Health Effects of Electric and by Philip J. Bierbaum (1994)
"A report of increased norepinephrine in serum of rats exposed to 50 Hz (50 V/m ... (1978) examined norepinephrine content in brain tissue of rats exposed to ..."

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