[
US
/ədɹɛˈnɛɹdʒɪk/
]
NOUN
- drug that has the effects of epinephrine
ADJECTIVE
- relating to epinephrine (its release or action)
How To Use adrenergic In A Sentence
- In order to improve the hemodynamic profile of the heart and increase cardiac contractility, a physician may also administer an intravenous inotropic agent such as dobutamine (beta-adrenergic agonist) or milrinone (PDE3-inhibitor). The Earth Times Online Newspaper
- Following alarm or injury, the sympathetic nervous system is activated, adrenergic receptors are stimulated, and the contents of the gland are released to the surface of the skin.
- In laboratory studies using human airway smooth muscle cells, they found that combined treatment with estradiol and the beta-agonist, isoproterenol (which non-selectively activates both beta-1 and beta-2 adrenergic receptors), had a synergistic effect on decreasing intracellular calcium and force more than either estradiol or isoproterenol alone. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
- Melatonin is a hormone with multiple functions in humans, produced by the pineal gland and stimulated by beta-adrenergic receptors.
- A variety of treatments, from vitamins to alpha and beta adrenergic receptor blockers, have been suggested for tetanus.
- He then went on to study the release of norepinephrine from the adrenergic neurons in the ear artery by cholinergic agonists acting on prejunctional nicotinic receptors. Robert F. Furchgott - Autobiography
- These include vesnarinone, beta-adrenergic receptor blockers, and calcium channel blocking agents.
- WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) - The makers of a dietary supplement initiated a voluntary recall of their product due to an undeclared amount of aildenafil and dangers posed by the alpha-adrenergic blocker phentolamine. Social Security Reports, News and Informaion
- Studies have shown that penile erection is achieved via postganglionic sympathetic adrenergic innervation in concert with parasympathetic neurons. The New Super-Nutrition
- The present understanding of Anolis chromatophore control suggests that losers have either exhausted EPI needed to change the ratio of alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptor stimulation or that MSH may prevail.