Neurotransmitter transporters take up neurotransmitter secreted by exocytosis. I will discuss our published work indicating that the dopamine transporter may, in addition, secrete dopamine from dendrites of dopaminergic neurons when glutamatergic inputs are activated. Similar phenomena may occur for further transmitters. Since this finding has remained controversial, I will include descriptions of transporter-mediated neurotransmitter release by other groups.
37th Congress of IUPS (Birmingham, UK) (2013) Proc 37th IUPS, SA437
Research Symposium: Dendritic inhibition by DAT-mediated dopamine-release
B. Falkenburger1
1. Neurology, RWTH University, Aachen, Germany.
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