autoreceptors

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A form of autoreceptor — A receptor, situated in the terminal of a presynaptic nerve cell, that is sensitive to neurotransmitters released by the neuron in whose membrane the autoreceptor sits.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of autoreceptor
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