adrenergic

Introduction

In reference to neurons or nerve fibers of the sympathetic nervous system that use norepinephrine as their neurotransmitter, including reference to the:

• adrenergic receptors
• noradrenaline transporter

More general terms

• biochemistry

Additional terms

• adrenergic receptor
• Na+ dependent noradrenaline transporter; norepinephrine transporter; NET; solute carrier family 6 member 2 (SLC6A2, NAT1, NET1, SLC6A5)
• norepinephrine; noradrenaline (Levophed)