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re-uptake
[ ree-uhp-teyk ]
noun
- the process by which the presynaptic terminal of a neuron reabsorbs and recycles the molecules of neurotransmitter it has previously secreted in conveying an impulse to another neuron.
Word History and Origins
Origin of re-uptake1
Example Sentences
Winslow's team ran internal studies on the validity of the data, such as analyses showing the percentage of people who also reported using selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors.
She asked if he would be willing to try medication – the same one given to people with OCD, which blocked the re-uptake of serotonin, increasing its levels in the brain.
These medications block that re-uptake, so that the signals persist.
Specifically, Healy says the marketing of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors—better known as SSRIs—has been problematic.
The F.D.A. approves antidepressants like selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, or S.S.R.I.’s, if the drug beats a placebo in two randomized clinical trials that typically last 4 to 12 weeks and involve a few hundred patients.
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