REUPTAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reuptake mean? 

• REUPTAKE (noun)
  The noun REUPTAKE has 1 sense:

1. a process of using up or consuming again

  Familiarity information: REUPTAKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REUPTAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A process of using up or consuming again

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

re-uptake; reuptake

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("reuptake" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

It is a type of antidepressant agent and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).

(Fluvoxamine, NCI Dictionary)

Fluvoxamine, chemically unrelated to other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, selectively blocks serotonin reuptake by inhibiting the serotonin reuptake pump at the presynaptic neuronal membrane.

(Fluvoxamine, NCI Thesaurus)

As a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), escitalopram blocks the reuptake of serotonin by neurons in the central nervous system (CNS), thereby potentiating CNS serotonergic activity.

(Escitalopram Oxalate, NCI Thesaurus)

It belongs to the family of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).

(Escitalopram, NCI Dictionary)

Desvenlafaxine is a selective reuptake inhibitor of serotonin and norepinephrine due to its high binding affinities to the pre-synaptic serotonin and norepinephrine transporters.

(Desvenlafaxine, NCI Thesaurus)

Paroxetine binds to the pre-synaptic serotonin transporter complex resulting in negative allosteric modulation of the complex thereby blocking reuptake of serotonin by the pre-synaptic transporter.

(Paroxetine hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Fluvoxamine blocks serotonin reuptake by inhibiting the serotonin reuptake pump of the presynaptic neuronal membrane leading to an increase of serotonin levels within the synaptic cleft.

(Fluvoxamine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

Paroxetine binds to the pre-synaptic serotonin transporter complex resulting in negative allosteric modulation of the complex, thereby blocking reuptake of serotonin by the pre-synaptic transporter.

(Paroxetine Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a type of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).

(Paroxetine hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

A common mechanism of antidepressant action is to block the reuptake of serotonin at synapses.

(Neurotransmitter Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)