Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2

"Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A subclass of alpha-adrenergic receptors found on both presynaptic and postsynaptic membranes where they signal through Gi-Go G-PROTEINS. While postsynaptic alpha-2 receptors play a traditional role in mediating the effects of ADRENERGIC AGONISTS, the subset of alpha-2 receptors found on presynaptic membranes signal the feedback inhibition of NEUROTRANSMITTER release.

Descriptor ID	D018341
MeSH Number(s)	D12.776.543.750.070.300.300.300.725 D12.776.543.750.100.150.300.300.725 D12.776.543.750.720.300.300.300.300.200
Concept/Terms	Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2 Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2 Adrenergic Receptor, alpha-2 Adrenergic Receptor, alpha 2 Receptor, alpha-2 Adrenergic alpha-2 Adrenergic Receptor Receptors, alpha-2 Adrenergic Receptors, alpha 2 Adrenergic alpha-2 Adrenergic Receptors Adrenergic Receptors, alpha-2 Receptor, Adrenergic, alpha-2 Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptors Adrenergic alpha 2 Receptors Receptors, Adrenergic alpha-2 alpha-2 Receptors, Adrenergic alpha 2 Adrenergic Receptors Receptor, Adrenergic, alpha-2D Receptor, Adrenergic, alpha-2D Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2D alpha-2D Adrenergic Receptor Adrenergic Receptor, alpha-2D Receptor, alpha-2D Adrenergic alpha 2D Adrenergic Receptor Adrenergic alpha-2D Receptors Adrenergic alpha 2D Receptors Receptors, Adrenergic alpha-2D alpha-2D Receptors, Adrenergic Adrenergic Receptor alpha(2d) Receptor, Adrenergic, alpha-2C Receptor, Adrenergic, alpha-2C alpha-2C Adrenergic Receptor Adrenergic Receptor, alpha-2C Receptor, alpha-2C Adrenergic alpha 2C Adrenergic Receptor Adrenergic Receptor alpha-2C Adrenergic Receptor alpha 2C Receptor alpha-2C, Adrenergic alpha-2C, Adrenergic Receptor Adrenergic alpha-2C Receptors Adrenergic alpha 2C Receptors Receptors, Adrenergic alpha-2C alpha-2C Receptors, Adrenergic Adrenergic Receptor alpha(2C) Receptor, Adrenergic, alpha-2A Receptor, Adrenergic, alpha-2A alpha-2A Adrenergic Receptor Adrenergic Receptor, alpha-2A Receptor, alpha-2A Adrenergic alpha 2A Adrenergic Receptor Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2A Adrenergic alpha-2A Receptors Adrenergic alpha 2A Receptors Receptors, Adrenergic alpha-2A alpha-2A Receptors, Adrenergic Receptor, Adrenergic, alpha-2B Receptor, Adrenergic, alpha-2B Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2B alpha-2B Adrenergic Receptor Adrenergic Receptor, alpha-2B Receptor, alpha-2B Adrenergic alpha 2B Adrenergic Receptor Adrenergic alpha-2B Receptors Adrenergic alpha 2B Receptors Receptors, Adrenergic alpha-2B alpha-2B Receptors, Adrenergic Adrenergic Receptor alpha-2b Adrenergic Receptor alpha 2b Receptor alpha-2b, Adrenergic alpha-2b, Adrenergic Receptor

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Proteins [D12.776]
Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
Receptors, Cell Surface [D12.776.543.750]
Receptors, Biogenic Amine [D12.776.543.750.070]
Receptors, Catecholamine [D12.776.543.750.070.300]
Receptors, Adrenergic [D12.776.543.750.070.300.300]
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha [D12.776.543.750.070.300.300.300]
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2 [D12.776.543.750.070.300.300.300.725]
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled [D12.776.543.750.100]
Receptors, Catecholamine [D12.776.543.750.100.150]
Receptors, Adrenergic [D12.776.543.750.100.150.300]
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha [D12.776.543.750.100.150.300.300]
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2 [D12.776.543.750.100.150.300.300.725]
Receptors, Neurotransmitter [D12.776.543.750.720]
Receptors, Biogenic Amine [D12.776.543.750.720.300]
Receptors, Catecholamine [D12.776.543.750.720.300.300]
Receptors, Adrenergic [D12.776.543.750.720.300.300.300]
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha [D12.776.543.750.720.300.300.300.300]
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2 [D12.776.543.750.720.300.300.300.300.200]

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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2".

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	1	0	1
1996	0	2	2
1997	1	0	1
1998	1	0	1
1999	1	0	1
2002	1	2	3
2003	0	1	1
2005	5	0	5
2006	1	0	1
2007	1	2	3
2009	0	1	1
2010	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2015	2	0	2
2017	1	0	1
2018	3	0	3
2020	1	0	1

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