The process whereby the neurotransmitter is taken back into the presynaptic terminal buttons and repackaged in the vesicles, thereby stopping its activity. go to glossary index
Process by which released neurotransmitters are pumped back into the pre-synaptic cell, making them available for enhancing transmission of nerve impulses.
The process by which a neuron reabsorbs a neurotransmitter after it has done its job.
A mechanism by which a neurotransmitter is vacuumed back into the presynaptic terminal that released it.
a process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters"
process by which the reuptake pump removes neurotransmitter molecules from the synaptic cleft, returning them to the neuron.
The reabsorption of a secreted substance by the cell that originally produced and secreted it. The process of reuptake, for example, affects serotonin. See the entire definition of Reuptake
when a neurotransmitter is drawn back up into the terminal that released it.
The process by which a nerve cell reabsorbs the chemical it had used to send a message to another nerve cell.
The process by which used neurotransmitters are taken back into cells to be recycled or destroyed.
When a neurotransmitter is released into the synaptic cleft it is either broken down by enzymes or returns back to the neuron that released it in the first place; the latter process is called a reuptake.
the process in which the neurotransmitter is taken back into the axon to be stored for later use
A process by which released neurotransmitters are absorbed for subsequent re-use.
The process by which neurotransmitters are removed from the synapse by being "pumped" back into the axon terminals that first released them.
The process that involves return of neurotransmitters to the nerve cell that sent them.
The return of neurotransmitters to the nerves that released them. Some antidepressants inhibit the reuptake of neurotransmitters and increase their level of activity.
Reuptake, or re-uptake, is the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by the neurotransmitter transporter of a pre-synaptic neuron after it has performed its function of transmitting a neural impulse. This prevents further activity of the neurotransmitter, weakening its effects.