(see Jack R. Cooper and Floyd E. Bloom and Robert H. Roth, Oxford
University Press The Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology, Sixth
Edition, 1991.
NE is an inhibitory neurotransmitter. It is involved in the stress
response, for one (see Jay M. Weiss: booktitle = Neurobiology of
Learning, Emotion, and Affect, editor = John Madden IV, pages =
"123-154", publisher = "Raven Press, Ltd., title = Stress-Induced
Depression: Critical Neurochemical and Electrophysical Changes, 1991.
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There is, of course, more to it than that, but that's the best I can
do at the moment. Hope this helps.
Joanne Luciano
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