What Does the Reuptake Do

Reuptake is the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neurotransmitter transporter located along the plasma membrane of an axon terminal (i.e., the pre-synaptic neuron at a synapse) or glial cell after it has performed its function of transmitting a neural impulse.

What happens when reuptake occurs?

Reuptake is what happens after a signal is transmitted: The neurotransmitter, its “work” completed, is reabsorbed back into the cell that previously released it.

What is reuptake in neurotransmission?

n. the process by which neurotransmitter molecules that have been released at a synapse are reabsorbed by the presynaptic neuron that released them. Reuptake is performed by transporter proteins in the presynaptic membrane.