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A process of using up or consuming again
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reuptake
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also re-uptake , by 1977; see re- + uptake (n.).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in 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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in 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 ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in 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
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.