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MeSH Heading: Adrenergic Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.519.625.050; D27.505.696.577.050
Unique ID: D018663
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018663
Annotation: note entry term ADRENERGIC EFFECT: use only for the adrenergic effect of a chemical substance
Scope Note: Drugs that act on adrenergic receptors or affect the life cycle of adrenergic transmitters. Included here are adrenergic agonists and antagonists and agents that affect the synthesis, storage, uptake, metabolism, or release of adrenergic transmitters.
Entry Version: ADREN AGENTS
Entry Term(s): Adrenergic; Adrenergic Agent; Adrenergic Drug; Adrenergic Drugs; Adrenergic Effect; Adrenergic Effects; Adrenergic Neurohumor Depleters; Adrenergic Neuron Agents; Adrenergic Neuron Drugs; Adrenergic Release Inhibitors; Adrenergic Synthesis Inhibitors; Adrenergics; Sympathetic Transmitter Releasers
Registry Numbers: 0
Previous Indexing: Sympathomimetics (1977-1994)
See Also: Sympatholytics; Sympathomimetics
Public MeSH Note: 95; was see SYMPATHOMIMETICS 1977-94; ADRENERGIC NEURON AGENTS was heading 1995; ADRENERGIC NEUROHUMOR DEPLETERS, ADRENERGIC RELEASE INHIBITORS, ADRENERGIC SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS, & SYMPATHETIC TRANSMITTER RELEASERS were see ADRENERGIC NEURON AGENTS 1995; SYMPATHETIC TRANSMITTER RELEASERS was see SYMPATHOMIMETICS 1976-94; ADRENOLYTICS was see SYMPATHOLYTICS 1975-94; ADRENOMIMETICS was see SYMPATHOMIMETICS 1975-94
Online Note: use SYMPATHOMIMETICS to search SYMPATHETIC TRANSMITTER RELEASERS 1976-94, ADRENERGIC AGENTS 1977-94 & ADRENOMIMETICS 1975-94; use SYMPATHOLYTICS to search ADRENOLYTICS 1975-94
History Note: 95; was see SYMPATHOMIMETICS 1977-94; ADRENERGIC NEURON AGENTS was heading 1995; ADRENERGIC NEUROHUMOR DEPLETERS, ADRENERGIC RELEASE INHIBITORS, ADRENERGIC SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS, & SYMPATHETIC TRANSMITTER RELEASERS were see ADRENERGIC NEURON AGENTS 1995; SYMPATHETIC TRANSMITTER RELEASERS was see SYMPATHOMIMETICS 1976-94; ADRENOLYTICS was see SYMPATHOLYTICS 1975-94; ADRENOMIMETICS was see SYMPATHOMIMETICS 1975-94
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
- Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
  - Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action [D27.505.519]
    - Neurotransmitter Agents [D27.505.519.625]

Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
- Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
  - Physiological Effects of Drugs [D27.505.696]
    - Neurotransmitter Agents [D27.505.696.577]

Adrenergic Agents Preferred

Concept UI: M0027961
Registry Numbers: 0
Scope Note: Drugs that act on adrenergic receptors or affect the life cycle of adrenergic transmitters. Included here are adrenergic agonists and antagonists and agents that affect the synthesis, storage, uptake, metabolism, or release of adrenergic transmitters.
Terms: Adrenergic Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T055549
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Adrenergic Agent
Term UI T001004466
Date12/30/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Adrenergic Drug
Term UI T001004467
Date12/30/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Adrenergic Drugs
Term UI T055550
Date03/18/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Adrenergics
Term UI T536248
Date03/21/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Adrenergic
Term UI T001004468
Date12/30/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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