autoreceptor (English, noun)
expansion: autoreceptor (plural autoreceptors)
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glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: autoreceptors
tags: plural