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Receptors for the various neurotransmitters are located on both the presynaptic and postsynaptic nerve terminals of the neuron.
An autoreceptor is a receptor located on presynaptic nerve cell terminals and serves as a part of a feedback loop in signal transduction. It is sensitive only to those neurotransmitters or hormones, that are released by the neuron in whose membrane the autoreceptor sits. Canonically, a presynaptic neuron releases the neurotransmitter across a synaptic cleft to be detected by the receptors on a postsynaptic neuron. An autoreceptor will detect this neurotransmitter from its position on the presynaptic membrane.