Norepinephrine

"20 things you don't know about me __"

1. Where I hang out most of the time: in vesicles in the terminal of a neuron 2. I am responsible for: Giving the body energy in times of stress and passing nerve impulses from one neuron to the next 3. I'm most similar to the drug: Amphetamines, Cocaine 4. My favorite activity is: any type of risky behavior 5. I hate it when: people use anxiety medications such as benzodiazepines, because it blocks my production 6. The best thing about receptor sites is: I can bind to them and give energy and adrenaline 7. When humans don't have enough of me: it causes lack of energy, motivation and depression 8. In a choice between robots or zombies: Zombies because I can keep them aggressive and awake 9. The sucky thing about being a hormone: is that I'm always stressing people out 10. A really strange fact about me: is that I'm responsible for the "fight or flight" response in extremely stressful situations 11. My favorite food and why: cheese because it contains high levels of tyrosine which is converted into norepinephrine 12. I once dated a synapse, but it fell apart because: It inhibited any further release of me 13. Sleep is awesome because: It releases more of me during REM sleep 14. A neuron walks into a bar and says: that hurt I need to cut back on the release of adrenaline 15. When humans have too much of me: fear and anxiety occurs 16. Deficiency's in me are thought to play roles in depression and attention deficit disorder 17. I feel happy when there is a favorable amount of me being released as it causes euphoria and a sense of well being 18. Dopamine is one of my best friends because it synthesizes into me 19. If your hearts beating fast after a stressful situation that's me doing my job 20. It may be hard to sit still while I'm around

Norepinephrine: Almost got hit by a truck and got chased by guard dogs while trespassing..overall it was a pretty good day for me

Norepinephrine: Hanging out in the Medulla waiting to be released by the adrenal glands..txt

Norepinephrine: being a hormone and a neurotransmitter is hard work, good thing I have epinephrine to help me out

Norepinephrine: I gotta cut back the amphetamine and give the synaptic vesicles a break

Norepinephrine: have lack of motivation or engergy? call me up

Me doing my job Picture of me

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