norepinephrine uptake

id: GO:0051620
name: norepinephrine uptake
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The directed movement of norepinephrine into a cell, typically presynaptic neurons or glial cells. Norepinephrine (3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-2-aminoethanol) is a hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla and a neurotransmitter in the sympathetic peripheral nervous system and in some tracts of the CNS. It is also the biosynthetic precursor of epinephrine.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0015874norepinephrine transport
GO:0051934catecholamine uptake involved in synaptic transmission