Norepinephrine


Norepinephrine (NE) is an excitatory neurotransmitter, as well as a hormone, that is responsible for mobilizing the brain and body for action, reaching its highest levels during stress or danger, in the fight-or-flight response. In the brain, norepinephrine increases arousal, alertness and promotes focusing attention. When these feelings/ responses occur in my body, I seem to react similar to what is in my video. Below is a table explaining a little more about norepinephrine. 


Classification
Location
Function
History
Risks
Pathology
Fun Fact(s)
Chemical composition (gas, amino acid, monoamine, peptide, purine, trace amine, other)
Action: Excitatory or inhibitory?
Where in the body is it produced?
What job does it do in the body?
When was it discovered and by whom?
What happens if too much?  What happens if too little?
Associated Health Condition(s)
One or more related interesting facts
Monoamine (catecholamine)


Excitatory
Inner adrenal glands (adrenal medulla)
Involved in arousal, mobilizes the brain and body for action (fight or flight); Regulates sleep, mood, & BP.
1946 by a Swedish biologist, Ulf von Euler.
Too much: High BP, sweating, hyperactivity.

Too low:
Lethargy, possible depression, low BP
Depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, and hypotension/ hypertension.
Is also called noradrenaline.

Ulf von Euler won a Nobel Prize

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