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Autoreceptors are receptors that are located presynaptically, on axon terminals that send negative feedback upon the actions of the neurotransmitter released from the axon terminal to prevent the further release of the neurotransmitter contained inside storage vesicles.

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Autoreceptor control of phasic and postsynaptic control of tonic signalling

I have read the following paragraph : "Whereas tonic DA signaling is affected by postsynaptic stimulation/blockade, phasic (transient) release of DA during dopaminergic cell bursting is modulated ...
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