octopamine

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octopamine

[äk′tō·pə‚mēn]

(pharmacology)

C₈H₁₁NO₂ A crystalline compound, used as an adrenergic drug.

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The remaining percentage is distributed between Methylphenidate, Isometheptene, Phentermine and Octopamine; in some cases, they do not exceed 1.5% on an individual basis.

Banned substances and their incidence: A retrospective view of the national laboratory of prevention and doping control of Mexico/Sustancias dopantes y su incidencia: una vision retrospectiva del laboratorio nacional de prevencion y control del dopaje de Mexico

Adrenergic metabolic and hemodynamic effects of octopamine in the liver.

Participation of hepatic [alpha]/[beta]-adrenoceptors and [AT.sub.1] receptors in glucose release and portal hypertensive response induced by adrenaline or angiotensin II

Mazmanian's team turned on neurons that produce the chemical octopamine, that activation canceled out the effect of L.

Gut Bacteria May Control Movement

The Effect of Octopamine and Chelrythrine Chloride on Phonotaxis in Unexposed Acheta domesticus.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Octopamine in the developing nervous system of the pond snail.

Neuronal Development in the Larvae of the Invasive Biofouler Dreissena polymorpha (Mollusca: Bivalvia), with Special Attention to Sensory Elements and Swimming Behavior

Several neurohormones have been identified in decapod precardiac organs, which are ideally located to release their products in hemolymph on its bypass to the heart (Alexandrowicz, 1953), which include serotonin, dopamine, and octopamine (Beltz & Kravitz, 1983); this last one relaxes the anterior cardio-arterial muscle and causes contraction of the posterior valve in lobster, and it changes hemolymph distribution toward the anterior arterial system in crabs (Airries & McMahon, 1994).

Neuroendocrine and metabolic responses of Pacific whiteleg shrimp Penaeus vannamei exposed to hypoxia stress

Robinson, "Octopamine influences division of labor in honey bee colonies," Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, vol.

Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of Fox Genes in the Honeybee, Apis cerana, and Comparative Analysis with Other Bee Fox Genes

For instance, some EO components may compete with octopamine in binding to its receptor, causing an increase in the level of cAMP and calcium in nervous cells and modifying the neuron activity in Periplaneta americana L.

Essential Oils in Stored Product Insect Pest Control

It is known that terpenoids such as thymol bind to octopamine or to GABA receptors [44, 45], although other studies have also found that essential oils components such as thymol and linalool alter the expression of AChE [19, 20, 27, 46].

Toxicity of Anethole and the Essential Oils of Lemongrass and Sweet Marigold to the Parasitic Mite Varroa destructor and Their Selectivity for Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Workers and Larvae

Other contents of the mixture consisted of anhydrous caffeine, sensoril ashwagandha extract, bitter orange extract, n-methyltyramine, hordenine, tyramine, octopamine, huperzine A, yohimbine HCL, mucuna pruriens, and Bioperine.

STEMI in a Young Male after Use of Synephrine-Containing Dietary Supplement

At the molecular level, neurotransmission also appears highly conserved from Drosophila to mammalian species with classical neurotransmitters including acetylcholine, GABA, glutamate, dopamine, octopamine, serotonin, histamine, and peptide neurotransmitters such as neuropeptide Y/neuropeptide F and insulin-like peptides common to both [69, 141, 142].

Drosophila: An Emergent Model for Delineating Interactions between the Circadian Clock and Drugs of Abuse