Reuptake is one of the three common ways of removal of neurotransmitter molecules from the synaptic cleft so as to allow the normal synaptic function.
During reuptake, the neurotransmitters are actively sent back to the neurons that have released them.
For example, glutamate is one of the several amino acids that serve as neurotransmitters. Glutamate is removed from the synaptic cleft by the process of reuptake.
Glutamate transporters serve in the active transport of the glutamate back into the synaptic end bulbs of the neurons that released them.
The process of reuptake occurs when the sending neuron normally reabsorbs excess neurotransmitter molecules.
Explanation:
The process of reuptake takes place when a cell that initially produced and emitted a particular substance reabsorbs it again. Serotonin is one of the secretions affected by this process since it can be reabsorbed if it sticks to receptors located in the original nerve where it was produced to be then released once again.
