Definition: Sodium chloride-dependent neurotransmitter symporters located primarily on the PLASMA MEMBRANE of dopaminergic neurons. They remove DOPAMINE from the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE by high affinity reuptake into PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS and are the target of DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS.
Other names Transporters, Dopamine-Specific Neurotransmitter; Transporter, Dopamine; Transporter, DAT Dopamine; Transporter Proteins, Dopamine; Neurotransmitter Transporters, Dopamine Specific; Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins, Dopamine Spec; Dopamine-Specific Neurotransmitter Transporters; Dopamine Transporter, DAT; Carriers, Dopamine; Dopamine Uptake Complex; Dopamine Transporter Proteins; Dopamine Transporter; Neurotransmitter Transporters, Dopamine-Specific; Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins, Dopamine-Spec; Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transporter Proteins; Dopamine Carriers; DAT Dopamine Transporter Proteins; DAT Dopamine Transporter
