Monoamine oxidase A, also known as MAO-A, is an enzyme (E.C. 1.4.3.4) that in humans is encoded by the MAOA gene. This gene is one of two neighboring gene...
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Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) are a class of drugs that inhibit the activity of one or both monoamine oxidase enzymes: monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A)...
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Monoamine oxidases (MAO) (EC 1.4.3.4) are a family of enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of monoamines, employing oxygen to clip off their amine group...
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Monoamine oxidase B, also known as MAO-B, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MAOB gene. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the flavin...
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Brunner syndrome (redirect from Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) deficiency)
diarrhea Brunner syndrome is caused by a monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) deficiency, which leads to an excess of monoamines in the brain, such as serotonin, dopamine...
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Monoamine reuptake inhibitor Monoamine receptor Monoamine oxidase Monoamine transporter Monoamine Hypothesis Biogenic amine Trace amine Monoamine nuclei...
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Antidepressant (section Monoamine oxidase inhibitors)
of atoms. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) are chemicals that inhibit the activity of the monoamine oxidase enzyme family. They have a long history...
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Tranylcypromine (category Monoamine oxidase inhibitors)
is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI). More specifically, tranylcypromine acts as nonselective and irreversible inhibitor of the enzyme monoamine oxidase...
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Effects can last three hours or more when orally ingested along with a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), such as the ayahuasca brew of many native Amazonian...
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of a hydrogen atom, oxygen is reduced to water (H2O) or hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Some oxidation reactions, such as those involving monoamine oxidase or...
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symptoms may occur with stopping. It is not recommended together with a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, although evidence supporting the danger of this combination...
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Anxiolytic (section Monoamine oxidase inhibitors)
generations of antidepressants. They have a much lower adverse effect profile than older antidepressants like monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) and tricyclic...
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Biology of depression (redirect from Monoamine Hypothesis)
mood. An offshoot of the monoamine hypothesis suggests that monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A), an enzyme which metabolizes monoamines, may be overly active in...
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MAOIs disrupt monoamine oxidase, an enzyme which is needed to break down serotonin and other neurotransmitters. Without monoamine oxidase, the body is...
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Harmala alkaloid (category Monoamine oxidase inhibitors)
Harmala alkaloids are several alkaloids that act as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs). These alkaloids are found in the seeds of Peganum harmala (also...
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inhibitor (SSRI), serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), amphetamines,...
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noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressants (NaSSAs). Monoamine oxidase inhibitors include Isocarboxazid (Marplan) Phenelzine (Nardil) Tranylcypromine...
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Phenethylamine (category Drugs that are a physiological drug)
phenethylamine, a significant amount is metabolized in the small intestine by monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) and then aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), which converts it...
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Moclobemide (category Monoamine oxidase inhibitors)
Aurorix, Clobemix, Depnil and Manerix among others, is a reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A (RIMA) drug primarily used to treat depression and social...
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with a mildly elevated rate of suicidal thoughts in people under the age of 25 years old. It should not be used together with monoamine oxidase inhibitors...
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Harmine (category Monoamine oxidase inhibitors)
reversibly inhibits monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A), an enzyme which breaks down monoamines, making it a Reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A (RIMA). Harmine...
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Tyramine (category Monoamine oxidase inhibitors)
ingestion. A hypertensive crisis can result, however, from ingestion of tyramine-rich foods in conjunction with the use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors...
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Ayahuasca (redirect from Ayahusaca – a psychoactive herb from Ecuador)
harmine, harmaline and tetrahydroharmine (THH), which can act as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOi). This halts the liver and gastrointestinal metabolism...
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tolerance. Caution should be observed when combining bupropion with a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), as it may result in hypertensive crisis. The mechanism...
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acute inhibition of both monoamine oxidase A and B reduce anxiety or freezing behavior. However, inhibition of monoamine oxidase A or B alone failed to do...
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first-generation antidepressants, such as tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), as the drugs of choice for the treatment of MDD...
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Rasagiline (category Monoamine oxidase inhibitors)
enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO) and hence is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI). More specifically, it is a selective inhibitor of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B)...
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Hydrazine (antidepressant) (redirect from Hydrazine (monoamine oxidase inhibitor))
The hydrazine antidepressants are a group of non-selective, irreversible monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) which were discovered and initially marketed...
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9-Methyl-β-carboline (category Monoamine oxidase inhibitors)
an animal model of Parkinsonism. 9-Me-BC is a known inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A and monoamine oxidase B, and has been proposed for further investigation...
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Monoaminergic (redirect from Monoamine receptor modulator)
monoamine releasing agents, and monoamine metabolism modulators such as monoamine oxidase inhibitors. Adenosinergic Adrenergic Cannabinoidergic Cholinergic...
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