exert strong effects on noradrenaline systems in the brain, resulting in effects that may be helpful or harmful.

Structure

Norepinephrine is a catecholamine and a phenethylamine. Its structure differs from that of epinephrine only in that epinephrine has a methyl group attached to its nitrogen, whereas the methyl group is replaced by a hydrogen atom in norepinephrine.

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