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RE-UPTAKE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A process of using up or consuming again

Example:

psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters

Synonyms:

re-uptake; reuptake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("re-uptake" is a kind of...):

uptake (a process of taking up or using up or consuming)

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 Context examples: 

Imipramine pamoate, a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) potentiates the activity of adrenergic synapses by blocking the re-uptake of norepinephrine and serotonin, thereby preventing their degradation and increasing their availability.

(Imipramine Pamoate, NCI Thesaurus)

Neurotransmitter Activity Inhibition involves interference with, such as receptor binding, decreased production, neuronal release, or increased re-uptake, or restraint of the biological function of endogenous signaling molecules secreted by neurons that have specific regulatory effects on the activity of ion channels or second messenger systems in target effector cells.

(Neurotransmitter Activity Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)

Neurotransmitter Activity Induction involves initiation of the biological function, through increased production, neuronal release, or decreased re-uptake, of endogenous signaling molecules secreted by neurons that have specific regulatory effects on the activity of ion channels or second messenger systems in target effector cells.

(Neurotransmitter Activity Induction, NCI Thesaurus)