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. [ GOC:ai ]
Synonyms: norepinephrine reuptake levarterenol reuptake noradrenaline uptake norepinephrine import levarterenol uptake noradrenaline reuptake
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- transport and has target start location some extracellular region and has target end location some intracellular anatomical structure and has primary input some (R)-noradrenaline(1+)