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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Receptors, Cell Surface > Receptors, Biogenic Amine > Receptors, Catecholamine > Receptors, Adrenergic > Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Receptors, Cell Surface > Receptors, Neurotransmitter > Receptors, Catecholamine > Receptors, Adrenergic > Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha

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Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha  

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Entry terms

  • Adrenergic alpha Receptor
  • Adrenergic alpha-Receptor
  • Adrenergic alpha Receptors
  • Adrenergic alpha-Receptors
  • alpha Adrenergic Receptor
  • alpha-Adrenergic Receptor
  • alpha Adrenergic Receptors
  • alpha-Adrenergic Receptors
  • alpha-Receptor, Adrenergic
  • alpha-Receptors, Adrenergic
  • Receptor, Adrenergic, alpha
  • Receptor, alpha-Adrenergic
  • Receptors, alpha Adrenergic
  • Receptors, alpha-Adrenergic

Scope note

  • One of the two major pharmacological subdivisions of adrenergic receptors that were originally defined by the relative potencies of various adrenergic compounds. The alpha receptors were initially described as excitatory receptors that post-junctionally stimulate SMOOTH MUSCLE contraction. However, further analysis has revealed a more complex picture involving several alpha receptor subtypes and their involvement in feedback regulation.

History note

  • 84(77); was see under RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC 1977-83

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011942

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