"Norepinephrine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and is a widespread central and autonomic neurotransmitter. Norepinephrine is the principal transmitter of most postganglionic sympathetic fibers and of the diffuse projection system in the brain arising from the locus ceruleus. It is also found in plants and is used pharmacologically as a sympathomimetic.
| Descriptor ID |
D009638
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.100.291.502 D02.092.063.480 D02.092.211.215.311.560 D02.092.311.830
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| Concept/Terms |
Norepinephrine- Norepinephrine
- Noradrenaline
- Levarterenol
- Levonorepinephrine
Levophed- Levophed
- Levophed Bitartrate
- Bitartrate, Levophed
Norepinephrine Bitartrate- Norepinephrine Bitartrate
- Bitartrate, Norepinephrine
- Norepinephrine l-Tartrate (1:1)
- Noradrenaline Bitartrate
- Bitartrate, Noradrenaline
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Norepinephrine" by people in Profiles.
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Effects of Reducing Norepinephrine Levels via DSP4 Treatment on Amyloid-? Pathology in Female Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta). J Alzheimers Dis. 2019; 68(1):115-126.
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Acute exercise preferentially redeploys NK-cells with a highly-differentiated phenotype and augments cytotoxicity against lymphoma and multiple myeloma target cells. Part II: impact of latent cytomegalovirus infection and catecholamine sensitivity. Brain Behav Immun. 2015 Oct; 49:59-65.
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High aggression in rats is associated with elevated stress, anxiety-like behavior, and altered catecholamine content in the brain. Neurosci Lett. 2015 Jan 01; 584:308-13.