Dictionary of Biological Psychology
Paracrine release of a chemical (e.g. NEUROTRANSMITTERS or HORMONES) involves that chemical acting on a cell other than the one which released it. Autocrine release in volves a chemical being released in a paracrine-like manner, but acting on the cell that did the releasing.
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