Sodium chloride-dependent neurotransmitter symporters located primarily on the PLASMA MEMBRANE of noradrenergic neurons. They remove NOREPINEPHRINE from the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE by high affinity reuptake into PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS. The norepinephrine transporter regulates signal amplitude and duration at noradrenergic synapses and is the target of ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS.
Also Known As:
Norepinephrine Transporter; Transporter, Norepinephrine; NET Protein, Neuronal; Noradrenaline Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; Noradrenaline Transporter; Norepinephrine Transporter Protein; SLC6A2 Protein; Sodium-Dependent Noradrenaline Transporter; Solute Carrier Family 6 Member 2; Neuronal NET Protein; Neurotransmitter Transporters, Noradrenaline Specific; Noradrenaline Transporter, Sodium-Dependent; Noradrenaline-Specific Neurotransmitter Transporters; Sodium Dependent Noradrenaline Transporter; Transporter Protein, Norepinephrine; Transporter, Noradrenaline; Transporters, Noradrenaline-Specific Neurotransmitter; Neurotransmitter Transporters, Noradrenaline-Specific; Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transporter Proteins; Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transporters