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Receptors, Adrenergic, beta

"Receptors, Adrenergic, beta" 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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One of two major pharmacologically defined classes of adrenergic receptors. The beta adrenergic receptors play an important role in regulating CARDIAC MUSCLE contraction, SMOOTH MUSCLE relaxation, and GLYCOGENOLYSIS.


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Bar chart showing 38 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 1996 and 2014
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