adrenergic
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- adjective
- /ˌæd.rəˈnɜr.dʒɪk/
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adrenergico
- Epinephrine acts on adrenergic receptors, causing an increase in heart rate during stress.
- adrenergic receptor
- adrenergic agonist
- adrenergic blockade
It increases the activity of the beta adrenergic receptors.
- It increases the activity of the beta adrenergic receptors.
- The other act, the other main axis of stress that would be hormonal would be your adrenergic nervous system.
- It could trigger by way of adrenergic receptors if you'd like to know, increases in body temperature and heat.
Examples
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Epinephrine binds to a type of G protein-coupled receptor known as a beta-adrenergic receptor.
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Thus, a dysfunctional balance between muscarinic and adrenergic cardiac receptor activity may originate changes in both heart rate and cardiac muscle contractility.
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The other act, the other main axis of stress that would be hormonal would be your adrenergic nervous system.
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Studies have also linked NSM with excess adrenergic responses.
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It increases the activity of the beta adrenergic receptors.
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Other than adrenergic agonists, most drugs that increase chronotropy increase the heart rate by only a few beats per minute.
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A similar observation has been made with regard to the effect of the alpha-adrenergic blocker, doxazosin, on the risk of heart failure.
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Alterations in serotonergic and adrenergic systems might modify the occurrence and content of depression in PD.
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The body activates its adrenergic system in response to danger, preparing for a fight-or-flight reaction.
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Beta-blockers are often prescribed to counteract the effects of the adrenergic response to stress.
Compounds
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Part of some cells, especially in the heart and blood vessels, that receives adrenaline and makes the heart beat faster
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A drug that lowers heart rate and treats high blood pressure and irregular heartbeats
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A drug that treats high blood pressure and fast heartbeat by slowing the heart
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An eye drop with medicine that lowers eye pressure by reducing the fluid inside the eye and helping it drain
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A drug that acts like adrenaline to make the heart beat faster and open the airways
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A drug that relaxes certain muscles to lower blood pressure and help urine flow in men with an enlarged prostate
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A medicine that relaxes blood vessel and bladder muscles to lower blood pressure and help pass urine
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A protein on nerve and blood vessel cells that reacts to body chemicals to make vessels narrow and muscles contract
Surface Forms
Morphology
adrenergic = adrenaline (semi-transparent) = adreno + ergic
Formed from the combining form 'adreno-' (relating to the adrenal gland/adrenaline) plus the technical medical suffix '-ergic'; the relation to 'adrenaline' is direct but the suffix is specialized.
Etymology
Adrenergic comes from adrenal, the gland that makes the hormone 'adrenaline', and the suffix -ergic, which means 'working' or 'active' and is like the word energy. So something adrenergic relates to the nerve cells or receptors where adrenaline 'works', which is why it helps prepare the body for action.