reuptake

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The reabsorption of a neurotransmitter, such as serotonin or norepinephrine, by a neuron following impulse transmission across a synapse.

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reuptake - a process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters"

re-uptake

uptake - a process of taking up or using up or consuming; "they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids"

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