Biologically Active Substance
serotonin transporter
ser·o·to·nin trans·port·er
Subclass of:
Plasma Membrane Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins; Solute Carrier Proteins; Symporters
Definitions related to serotonin transporter:
  • Responsible for accumulation of serotonin in peripheral blood cells, placenta, and lungs.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (serotonin plasma membrane transport proteins) Sodium chloride-dependent neurotransmitter symporters located primarily on the PLASMA MEMBRANE of serotonergic neurons. They are different than SEROTONIN RECEPTORS, which signal cellular responses to SEROTONIN. They remove SEROTONIN from the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE by high affinity reuptake into PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS. Regulates signal amplitude and duration at serotonergic synapses and is the site of action of the SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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