Noradrenaline

//nɔːɹəˈdɹɛnəlɪn// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of norepinephrine. UK, countable, uncountable

    "Ranicide in rats was found to be reduced by injection of noradrenaline into the hypothalamus, as was muricide behaviour (Bandler, 1970).[…]Other sites in the unspecified ‘ventral midbrain’ were also found (Bandler, 1971) at which noradrenaline administration in crystalline form served to facilitate predatory aggression (ranicide and muricide)."

  2. 2
    a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses wordnet

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norepinephrine

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"Ranicide in rats was found to be reduced by injection of noradrenaline into the hypothalamus, as was muricide behaviour (Bandler, 1970).[…]Other sites in the unspecified ‘ventral midbrain’ were also found (Bandler, 1971) at which noradrenaline administration in crystalline form served to facilitate predatory aggression (ranicide and muricide)."

Etymology

From nor- + adrenaline.

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