Using advanced techniques such as optogenetics to artificially manipulate LC neurons and photometry to measure noradrenaline release, the researchers were able to explore LC function. Functional ...

Epinephrine (also called adrenaline) and norepinephrine (also called noradrenaline) have a lot in common. Both are hormones that travel through your body, affecting many tissues and organs.

When you’re stressed, the levels of a chemical called noradrenaline in your brain get too high and your brain’s attention networks are disrupted which gives you a distracted type of thinking.

SILEO is an oromucosal gel formulation of dexmedetomidine, a potent and selective alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonist designed to block noradrenaline release thereby reducing the physiological and ...