Re-uptake (Noun)
Meaning
A process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The reuptake process of serotonin by the neuron that released it terminates the signal.
- SNRIs work by blocking the reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine into neurons.
- The reuptake of dopamine is inhibited by certain drugs which can lead to an accumulation of this neurotransmitter in the synaptic cleft.
- The process of reuptake of monoamine neurotransmitters such as norepinephrine and serotonin is an important regulatory mechanism.
- Inhibiting the reuptake of a neurotransmitter can increase the amount of the neurotransmitter available for binding to receptors on adjacent neurons.