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Adrenaline vs Norepinephrine - What's the difference?

adrenaline | norepinephrine |

As nouns the difference between adrenaline and norepinephrine

is that adrenaline is an alternative name for epinephrine; the hormone and neurotransmitter while norepinephrine is a neurotransmitter found in the locus coeruleus which is synthesized from dopamine.

adrenaline

English

(wikipedia adrenaline)

Alternative forms

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Noun

(-)
  • (hormone) An alternative name for epinephrine; the hormone and neurotransmitter.

    • Derived terms

    * adrenaline junkie * adrenaline rush

    norepinephrine

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (neurotransmitter) A neurotransmitter found in the locus coeruleus which is synthesized from dopamine.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "norepinephrine")

    Related terms

    * epinephrine

    Synonyms

    * noradrenaline

    Hypernyms

    * phenethylamine * catecholamine