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Norepinephrine

"Norepinephrine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Norepinephrine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Norepinephrine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 24 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 1999
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