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Research
297,745 papers- Tyrosine, phenylalanine, and catecholamine synthesis and function in the brain.The Journal of nutrition · 2007
- Cancer catecholamine conundrum.Trends in cancer · 2022
- Catecholamine metabolism: a contemporary view with implications for physiology and medicine.Pharmacological reviews · 2004
- Peripheral catecholamine systems: an evolutionary perspective.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2025
- [Catecholamine].Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine · 1999
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Production and degradation
- Location
- Biosynthesis
- Degradation
- Function
- Modality
- Aging
- Physiological effects
- Function in plants
- Testing for catecholamines
- See also
- References
- External links
class=skin-invert-image|thumb|80px|Catechol
A catecholamine (; abbreviated CA), most typically a 3,4-dihydroxyphenethylamine, is a monoamine neurotransmitter, an organic compound that has a catechol (benzene with two hydroxyl side groups next to each other) and a side-chain amine.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “catecholamine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.