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Octopamine

Known as: Benzenemethanol, alpha-(aminomethyl)-4-hydroxy-, Norsynephrine, alpha-(Aminoethyl)-4-hydroxybenzenemethanol 
An alpha-adrenergic sympathomimetic amine, biosynthesized from tyramine in the CNS and platelets and also in invertebrate nervous systems. It is used… 
National Institutes of Health

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Adrenergic AgentsAdrenergic alpha-AgonistsNeurotransmittersTyramine

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Farmicordeterenolheptaminol, norfenefrin drug combinationlanthellamide A
In BloodOctopamine:SCnc:Pt:Urine:QnProcess of secretionagonists

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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Characterization of octopamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase: elucidation of a class of potent and selective octopamine-2 receptor agonists with toxic effects in insects.
Octopamine-2 receptors, associated with activation of adenylate cyclase, mediate a number of the important hormonal and… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Efferent fibers to Limulus eyes synthesize and release octopamine.
Octopamine synthesized in vitro from tyramine by Limulus lateral and ventral eyes was located by light microscopic and electron… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Biochemistry and ultrastructure of serotonergic nerve endings in the lobster: serotonin and octopamine are contained in different nerve endings.
In this article we report that the distribution of serotonin in the lobster nervous system parallels the distribution of… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Is octopamine a transmitter mediating hormone release in insects?
The release of hyperlipemic hormone from the glandular cells of the corpus cardiacum (CC) of Locusta migratoria is under the… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY OF PHENYLETHYLAMINE, m‐ AND p‐TYRAMINE AND RELATED AMINES IN PLASMA, CEREBROSPINAL FLUID, URINE, AND BRAIN
—A mass fragmentographic method for the assay of phenylethylamine (PEA) and a number of related amines in several biological… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Is Dale's principle valid?
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The association of octopamine with specific neurones along lobster nerve trunks.
Octapamine and its synthetic enzyme, tyramine beta‐hydroxylase (TBH), are found in high concentrations at two points along second… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
THE OCCURRENCE OF AMINES IN HUMAN URINE: DETERMINATION BY COMBINED ION EXCHANGE AND PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY.
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
The phenolic amines of human urine.
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Gas chromatography of biologically important amines.
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