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Autoreceptor vs Heteroreceptors - What's the difference?

autoreceptor | heteroreceptors |

As nouns the difference between autoreceptor and heteroreceptors

is that autoreceptor is a receptor, situated in the terminal of a presynaptic nerve cell, that is sensitive to neurotransmitters released by the neuron in whose membrane the autoreceptor sits while heteroreceptors is .

autoreceptor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A receptor, situated in the terminal of a presynaptic nerve cell, that is sensitive to neurotransmitters released by the neuron in whose membrane the autoreceptor sits.

    • Related terms

    * autoreception

    See also

    * heteroreceptor

    External links

    * ("autoreceptor" on Wikipedia)

    heteroreceptors

    English

    Noun

    (head)