reuptake: a process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters"
a process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters
-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 by which a neurotransmitter is "taken up" again (reabsorbed) by the synaptic terminals from which it had been released See also neurotransmitter, synaptic terminals
The return of neurotransmitters to the nerves that released them Some antidepressants inhibit the reuptake of neurotransmitters and increase their level of activity