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autoreceptor
noun[ C ]
anatomy specialized(alsoauto-receptor)uk /ˈɔː.təʊ.rɪˌsep.tər/ us /ˈɑː.t̬oʊ.rɪˌsep.tɚ/
a receptor(= a nerve ending that reacts to a change in the body by sending a message to the central nervous system) that reacts to a substance produced by the same cell that the receptor is part of:
The H receptor is a presynaptic autoreceptor.
Aripiprazole is an antipsychotic drug with high affinity for the dopamine autoreceptor.
The GAL1 receptor acts as an autoreceptor.
The study provided evidence that these autoreceptors may be hyperfunctional in depressed patients.
Other receptors that might be involved in the therapeutic efficacy of SRIs are the terminal 5-HT1D auto-receptor and the postsynaptic 5-HT2A receptor.
They were able to carry out a direct in vivo study of 5-HT autoreceptor function.
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