Within the brain, chemical neurotransmitters like dopamine and norepinephrine regulate mood, emotions and many physiological and behavioral processes. Their imbalance can contribute to anxiety, ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that the neurotransmitter norepinephrine is essential in retrieving certain types of memories. This represents the first ...

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 ...

The sympathetic nervous system plays a cardinal role in regulating cardiac function through releasing the neurotransmitter norepinephrine (NE). In comparison with central nervous system, the molecular ...

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Forty years of neurobiological research states that short-term memories are formed by modifying proteins, whereas long-term memories are shaped by new proteins. Thus, a class of drugs known to inhibit ...

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