Assertion: catecholamine | /r/CapableOf | act as neurotransmitter
Facets:
value: within the body
type: LOCATION
value: in the central nervous system
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Catecholamines act both as neurotransmitters and hormones vital to the maintenance of homeostasis through the autonomic nervous system.
text: Catecholamines are substances that function as both hormones and neurotransmitters depending on the location they are produced.
text: However, catecholamines also act as neurotransmitters if synthesized in the nervous system or as they are sent to the brain from the adrenal glands.
text: Two catecholamines, norepinephrine and dopamine, act as neurotransmitters in the central nervous system and as hormones in the blood circulation.
text: Catecholamines function as neurotransmitters and hormones within the body where they regulate and influence the activity of many complex physiological processes.1 Excessive production of catecholamines and their metabolites is a diagnostic indicator of catecholamine-producing tumors including phaeochromocytomas, paragangliomas, and neuroblastomas.