catecholamine
See also: catécholamine
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catecholamine (plural catecholamines)
- (biochemistry) Any of a class of aromatic amines derived from pyrocatechol that are hormones produced by the adrenal gland.
- 1988, Lubert Stryer, Biochemistry, 3rd edition, page 1025:
- Epinephrine and dopamine are two other catecholamine transmitters.
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 746:
- The catecholamines are used in several motivational and emotional systems of the brain, and their concentration is regulated by proteins that break them down or recycle them.
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any of a class of aromatic amines
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