Posted by Cam W. on January 29, 2000, at 10:08:20
In reply to What is an autoreceptor?, posted by Sam on January 28, 2000, at 21:29:53
> Do volkswagons work as well as toyotas?
Sam - Don't buy foreign, stick with the North American made models.
Autoreceptors are located on the nerve cell body and at the end of the nerve cell axon. They turn off the flow of neurotransmitter out of a cell via a biofeedback mechanism. When a neurotransmitter (NT) is released from a cell, some of that NT binds to the autoreceptor (located on the presynaptic side of the synaptic cleft or gap) and shuts off the flow of the NT out of the nerve cell. By blocking the autoreceptor you are essentially "shutting off" the off button and more NT is released into the synaptic gap, hopefully increasing neurotransmission. Hope that this is clear. - Cam W.
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