The locus coeruleus (LC) — a tiny, ancient brainstem structure that regulates arousal, attention and memory—plays a far more ...

Researchers at RIKEN Center for Brain Science have visualized the dynamic processes involving norepinephrine that influence different types of fear-memory formation in a living mouse model. The study ...

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 ...

Norepinephrine appears to be a safer choice than epinephrine for patients with cardiogenic shock complicating acute MI, according to results from a randomized trial. Patients given epinephrine were ...

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 ...

SSRIs work by blocking the reuptake of serotonin, while SNRIs block the uptake of both serotonin and norepinephrine. SSRIs ...

The neuromodulator norepinephrine has an unexpected, direct action on auditory processing of complex signals, specifically bird songs in the zebra finch, new research suggests. For neuroscientists ...

It's well known that stress can trigger hair loss. A new paper explores how this happens and how our response to stress can ...

Norepinephrine is a catecholamine indicated for restoration of blood pressure in adult patients with acute hypotensive states. Baxter International has announced the commercial launch of premix ...