Term Information

Accession
GO:0071873
Name
response to norepinephrine
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
response to noradrenaline stimulus, response to norepinephrine stimulus
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a norepinephrine stimulus. Norepinephrine is a catecholamine that has the formula C8H11NO3; it acts as a hormone, and as a neurotransmitter in most of the sympathetic nervous system. Source: GOC:BHF, GOC:mah
Comment
Note that epinephrine and norepinephrine are ligands for the same receptors, and there are multiple adrenergic receptors.
History
See term history for GO:0071873 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of response to norepinephrine (GO:0071873)
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response to norepinephrine [is_a relation] is_a  response to catecholamine (GO:0071869)
Children of response to norepinephrine (GO:0071873)
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cellular response to norepinephrine stimulus (GO:0071874) [is_a relation] is_a  response to norepinephrine
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