Norepinephrine is a strong vasoconstrictor frequently used to treat severe hypotension by increasing systemic vascular resistance and blood pressure. Structurally, norepinephrine is quite similar to ...

Epinephrine and norepinephrine are very similar neurotransmitters and hormones. Epinephrine has slightly more of an effect on your heart, while norepinephrine has more of an effect on your blood ...

There are a wide variety of medications available to relieve the symptoms of various mental health conditions, some of which act on specific neurotransmitters and increase their levels in the brain.

Medicines are a big part of the treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Stimulant drugs act on brain chemicals like norepinephrine, which is part of your body's noradrenergic ...

Both dopamine and norepinephrine are recommended as first-line vasopressor agents in the treatment of shock. There is a continuing controversy about whether one agent is superior to the other. In this ...

Vasopressin is commonly used as an adjunct to catecholamines to support blood pressure in refractory septic shock, but its effect on mortality is unknown. We hypothesized that low-dose vasopressin as ...

Norepinephrine (NE) and noradrenaline (NA) are two different terms used to describe the same thing. In the United Kingdom, "noradrenaline" is the British-approved name for this neurotransmitter and ...

Our most popular blog post last year was all about dopamine, the sexiest of the brain’s chemical signals involved in ADHD. Dopamine is sexy, and has even become a bit of an internet meme, because of ...

Evidence suggests an imbalance in brain chemicals does not cause any specific mental health condition. The cause of conditions like depression and anxiety are likely more nuanced. A chemical imbalance ...