The therapeutic potential of monoamine oxidase inhibitors

MBH Youdim, D Edmondson, KF Tipton - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2006 - nature.com
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors were among the first antidepressants to be discovered and
have long been used as such. It now seems that many of these agents might have …

Update on the pharmacology of selective inhibitors of MAO-A and MAO-B: focus on modulation of CNS monoamine neurotransmitter release

JPM Finberg - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2014 - Elsevier
Inhibitors of monoamine oxidase (MAO) were initially used in medicine following the
discovery of their antidepressant action. Subsequently their ability to potentiate the effects of …

Redefining differential roles of MAO-A in dopamine degradation and MAO-B in tonic GABA synthesis

HU Cho, S Kim, J Sim, S Yang, H An, MH Nam… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Monoamine oxidase (MAO) is believed to mediate the degradation of monoamine
neurotransmitters, including dopamine, in the brain. Between the two types of MAO, MAO-B …

Parkinson-like syndrome induced by continuous MPTP infusion: convergent roles of the ubiquitin-proteasome system and α-synuclein

F Fornai, OM Schlüter, P Lenzi… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
In animals, sporadic injections of the mitochondrial toxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-
tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) selectively damage dopaminergic neurons but do not fully …

Role of Dopamine in the Heart in Health and Disease

J Neumann, B Hofmann, S Dhein, U Gergs - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dopamine has effects on the mammalian heart. These effects can include an increase in the
force of contraction, and an elevation of the beating rate and the constriction of coronary …

Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by circadian-clock components implies clock influence on mood

G Hampp, JA Ripperger, T Houben, I Schmutz, C Blex… - Current Biology, 2008 - cell.com
The circadian clock has been implicated in addiction and several forms of depression [1, 2],
indicating interactions between the circadian and the reward systems in the brain [3–5] …

Brain monoamine oxidase B and A in human parkinsonian dopamine deficiency disorders

J Tong, G Rathitharan, JH Meyer, Y Furukawa, LC Ang… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract See Jellinger (doi: 10.1093/awx190) for a scientific commentary on this article. The
enzyme monoamine oxidases (B and A subtypes, encoded by MAOB and MAOA …

[HTML][HTML] Aberrant tonic inhibition of dopaminergic neuronal activity causes motor symptoms in animal models of Parkinson's disease

JY Heo, MH Nam, HH Yoon, J Kim, YJ Hwang, W Won… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Current pharmacological treatments for Parkinson's disease (PD) are focused on
symptomatic relief, but not on disease modification, based on the strong belief that PD is …

Multi-target directed donepezil-like ligands for Alzheimer's disease

M Unzeta, G Esteban, I Bolea, WA Fogel… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
HIGHLIGHTS ASS234 is a MTDL compound containing a moiety from Donepezil and the
propargyl group from the PF 9601N, a potent and selective MAO B inhibitor. This compound …

mTOR-related brain dysfunctions in neuropsychiatric disorders

L Ryskalin, F Limanaqi, A Frati, CL Busceti… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is an ubiquitously expressed serine-threonine
kinase, which senses and integrates several intracellular and environmental cues to …