Posted by BarbaraCat on March 27, 2002, at 2:01:19
In reply to BCat + ISO: your info here conflicts!, posted by Janelle on March 27, 2002, at 1:39:06
There may be many pumps, but certainly not one pump for each neurotransmitter molecule. That would be a huge waste of real estate. Each pump can recycle many neurotranmitters. All it has to do is shunt the neurotransmitter molecules into an axonal vesicle, one after another, like a conveyer belt.
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