Crossword clues for reuptake
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context rare English) A second or subsequent uptake 2 (context biochemistry English) Specifically, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron after the transmission of a neural impulse across a synapse
WordNet
n. a process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters" [syn: re-uptake]
Wikipedia
Reuptake, or re-uptake, is the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neurotransmitter transporter of a pre-synaptic neuron after it has performed its function of transmitting a neural impulse.
Reuptake is necessary for normal synaptic physiology because it allows for the recycling of neurotransmitters and regulates the level of neurotransmitter present in the synapse, thereby controlling how long a signal resulting from neurotransmitter release lasts. Because neurotransmitters are too large and hydrophilic to diffuse through the membrane, specific transport proteins are necessary for the reabsorption of neurotransmitters. Much research, both biochemical and structural, has been performed to obtain clues about the mechanism of reuptake.
Usage examples of "reuptake".
He noticed the older antidepressants like amitriptyline decreased psychic ability, while the newer serotonin reuptake inhibitors were either neutral or they enhanced it.
Receptor-cell docking, transmitter reuptake, enzyme cascades, substance breakdown and by-products .
Over the years, he helped Rachel handle a notoriously difficult boss and steered her toward research on selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors before anyone had heard of Prozac.
I know which drugs prevent the release of norepi-nephrine from the presynaptic neuron, or block its reuptake, or stop enzymes from making it at all.
Researchers tell us that Prozac or one of the other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors can increase the amount of serotonin in our brains, and we may feel better.
She damps her enthusiasm self-consciously, her implants hungrily sequestrating surplus neurotransmitter molecules floating around her synapses before reuptake sets in.
She damps her enthusiasm self-consciously, her implants hungrily sequestrating surplus neurotransmitter molecules floating around her synapses before reuptake sets in: it doesn't do to get too excited in free flight.