Biologically Active Substance
dopamine transporter
do·pa·mine trans·port·er
Subclass of:
Catecholamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins;
Solute Carrier Proteins;
Symporters
Definitions related to dopamine transporter:
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Sodium dependent transport protein, located on presynaptic terminals, involved in the uptake of dopamine; site at which cocaine exerts rewarding/ reinforcing effects.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(dopamine plasma membrane transport proteins) Sodium chloride-dependent neurotransmitter symporters located primarily on the PLASMA MEMBRANE of dopaminergic neurons. They remove DOPAMINE from the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE by high affinity reuptake into PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS and are the target of DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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