Adrenergic
{{Short description|Pertaining to adrenaline or noradrenaline, or their receptors}}
{{distinguish|Androgenic}}
Adrenergic means "working on adrenaline (epinephrine) or noradrenaline (norepinephrine)"{{cite book |first1=Laurence |last1=Brunton |first2=John S. |last2=Lazo |first3=Keith |last3=Parker | title=Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics | edition=11 | publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York | year=2006 | isbn=0-07-142280-3 }}{{cite book| editor1=Thomas L. Lemke| editor2=David A. Williams| title=Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry| edition=6| publisher=Lippincott Willams & Wilkins| location=Baltimore| year=2007| url=http://www.lww.com/productTOC/?ISBN=978-0-7817-6879-5| isbn=978-0-7817-6879-5}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (or on their receptors). When not further qualified, it is usually used in the sense of enhancing or mimicking the effects of epinephrine and norepinephrine in the body.
- Adrenergic nervous system, a part of the autonomic nervous system that uses epinephrine or norepinephrine as its neurotransmitter{{cite web | url=http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/440787 | title=The Physiology and Function of the Alpha-Adrenergic Nervous System | publisher=Medspace | access-date=10 December 2015}}
Regarding proteins:
- Adrenergic receptor, a receptor type for epinephrine and norepinephrine; subtypes include α1, α2, β1, β2, and β3 receptors
- Adrenergic transporter (norepinephrine transporter), a protein transporting norepinephrine from the synaptic cleft into nerve cells
Regarding pharmaceutical drugs:
- Adrenergic receptor agonist, a type of drug activating one or more subtypes of adrenergic receptors
- This includes drugs regulating blood pressure and antiasthmatic drugs.
- Adrenergic receptor antagonist, a type of drug blocking one or more subtypes of adrenergic receptors
- This mainly includes drugs lowering blood pressure.
- Adrenergic reuptake inhibitor, a type of drug blocking the norepinephrine transporter
- This includes antidepressants and drugs against ADHD.