"Receptors, Adrenergic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Cell-surface proteins that bind epinephrine and/or norepinephrine with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes. The two major classes of adrenergic receptors, alpha and beta, were originally discriminated based on their cellular actions but now are distinguished by their relative affinity for characteristic synthetic ligands. Adrenergic receptors may also be classified according to the subtypes of G-proteins with which they bind; this scheme does not respect the alpha-beta distinction.
| Descriptor ID |
D011941
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.670.300.300 D12.776.543.750.695.150.300 D12.776.543.750.720.330.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Receptors, Adrenergic- Receptors, Adrenergic
- Adrenoceptors
- Receptors, Epinephrine
- Adrenergic Receptors
- Epinephrine Receptors
- Adrenergic Receptor
- Receptor, Adrenergic
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Receptors, Adrenergic".
- Chemicals and Drugs [D]
- Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Proteins [D12.776]
- Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
- Receptors, Cell Surface [D12.776.543.750]
- Receptors, Biogenic Amine [D12.776.543.750.670]
- Receptors, Catecholamine [D12.776.543.750.670.300]
- Receptors, Adrenergic [D12.776.543.750.670.300.300]
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled [D12.776.543.750.695]
- Receptors, Catecholamine [D12.776.543.750.695.150]
- Receptors, Adrenergic [D12.776.543.750.695.150.300]
- Receptors, Neurotransmitter [D12.776.543.750.720]
- Receptors, Catecholamine [D12.776.543.750.720.330]
- Receptors, Adrenergic [D12.776.543.750.720.330.300]
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alpha 2-Adrenergic receptors in platelet membranes of depressed patients: no change in number of 3H-yohimbine affinity. Life Sci. 1981 Nov 16; 29(20):2059-64.