Adrenergic

Not to be confused with Androgenic.

Adrenergic means "working on adrenaline (epinephrine) or noradrenaline (norepinephrine)"[1][2] (or on their receptors). When not further qualified, it is usually used in the sense of enhancing or mimicking the effects of epinephrine and norepinephrine in the body.

• Adrenergic nervous system, a part of the autonomic nervous system that uses epinephrine or norepinephrine as its neurotransmitter[3]

Regarding proteins:

• Adrenergic receptor, a receptor type for epinephrine and norepinephrine; subtypes include α₁, α₂, β₁, β₂, and β₃ receptors
• Adrenergic transporter (norepinephrine transporter), a protein transporting norepinephrine from the synaptic cleft into nerve cells

Regarding pharmaceutical drugs:

• Adrenergic receptor agonist, a type of drug activating one or more subtypes of adrenergic receptors
  • This includes drugs regulating blood pressure and antiasthmatic drugs.
• Adrenergic receptor antagonist, a type of drug blocking one or more subtypes of adrenergic receptors
  • This mainly includes drugs lowering blood pressure.
• Adrenergic reuptake inhibitor, a type of drug blocking the norepinephrine transporter
  • This includes antidepressants and drugs against ADHD.

See also

• Dopaminergic
• GABAergic
• Nootropic
• Serotonergic
• Glutamatergic
• Racetam
• List of distinct cell types in the adult human body
• Cholinergic
• Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

References

1. Brunton, Laurence; Lazo, John S.; Parker, Keith (2006). Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (11 ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-142280-3.
2. Thomas L. Lemke; David A. Williams, eds. (2007). Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry (6 ed.). Baltimore: Lippincott Willams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-0-7817-6879-5.^[permanent dead link‍]
3. "The Physiology and Function of the Alpha-Adrenergic Nervous System". Medspace. Retrieved 10 December 2015.