Look up: autoreceptor


  1. Autoreceptor
    An autoreceptor is a receptor located on presynaptic nerve cell membranes and serves as a part of a feedback loop in signal transduction. It is sensitive only to those neurotransmitters or hormones that are released by the neuron in whose membrane the autoreceptor sits. Canonically, a presynaptic n...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoreceptor

  2. Autoreceptor
    An autoreceptor, present at a nerve ending, is a receptor that regulates, via positive or negative feedback processes, the synthesis and/or release of its own physiological ligand. (See also Heteroreceptor).
    Found op http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/medchem/ah.html

  3. autoreceptor
    (from the article `nervous system`) ...itself. Cholinergic receptors also exist on the presynaptic terminals of neurons that release acetylcholine as well as on terminals that release ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/128

  4. autoreceptor
    Type: Term Pronunciation: au′tō-rē-sep′tŏr, tōr Definitions: 1. A site on a neuron that binds the neurotransmitter released by that neuron, which then regulates the neuron's activity.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=8799

  5. Autoreceptor
    An autoreceptor, present at a nerve ending, is a receptor that regulates, via positive or negative feedback processes, the synthesis and/or release of its own physiological ligand. (See also Heteroreceptor).
    Found op http://www.chemistry-dictionary.com/definition/autoreceptor.php

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