| Literature DB >> 24272680 |
Jasmin Bartl1, Thomas Müller, Edna Grünblatt, Manfred Gerlach, Peter Riederer.
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Patients with Parkinson's disease receive selective irreversible monoamine oxidase (MAO)-B inhibitors, but their effects on MAO-A activity are not known during long-term application. We determined MAO-A inhibition in plasma samples from patients with MAO-B inhibitor intake or without MAO-B inhibitor treatment and from healthy controls. We detected a 70 % reduction of MAO-A activity in patients with MAO-B inhibitor therapy in comparison to the other groups. Our results suggest that treatment with MAO-B inhibitor may also influence MAO-A activity in vivo, when administered daily.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24272680 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-013-1120-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neural Transm (Vienna) ISSN: 0300-9564 Impact factor: 3.575