beta-adrenergic receptor

Noun beta-adrenergic receptor has 1 sense

• beta-adrenergic receptor(n = noun.body) beta receptor, beta-adrenoceptor - receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat);
is a part of sympathetic nervous system
is a kind of receptor