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Re: What is an autoreceptor?

Posted by Cam W. on January 30, 2000, at 10:37:01

In reply to Re: What is an autoreceptor?, posted by Elizabeth on January 30, 2000, at 8:53:40

> It's just a receptor whose ligand is fired by the cell it's on. e.g., a serotonergic receptor that is on a serotonin-firing neuron would be a serotonergic autoreceptor.
>
> > Do volkswagons work as well as toyotas?
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> I dunno, but those new bugs are awful cute.

Elizabeth - I like it when someone can say what I try to, in a sentence. A NT that binds to the same cell as it is released from, cool. Just a further note; the reuptake transporter is also located on the presynaptic membrane of the synaptic cleft.
- Cam W. (still support the North American economy & buy locally made cars)


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