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monoamine oxidase activity

Known as: amine:oxygen oxidoreductase (deaminating) activity 
Catalysis of the reaction: RCH2NHR' + H2O + O2 = RCHO + R'NH2 + H2O2. [EC:1.4.3.4, GOC:pr, RHEA:26417]
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Platelet monoamine oxidase activity in type 1 and type 2 alcoholism.
Earlier studies have identified at least two distinct subtypes of alcoholism. Type 2 is characterised by high heritability, early… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Prevalence of low monoamine oxidase function in alcoholism.
Several studies have found a trend for low platelet monoamine oxidase activity (MAO) in alcoholism but with a great deal of… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Neuronal colocalization of adenosine deaminase, monoamine oxidase, galanin and 5-hydroxytryptophan uptake in the tuberomammillary nucleus of the rat
1982
1982
Effects of monoamine oxidase inhibition on female sexual behavior, serotonin levels and type A and B monoamine oxidase activity.
Administration of various monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors to ovariectomized-adrenalectomized, estrogen and progesterone… 
1982
1982
Anti-convulsant activity of diazepam and clonidine on metaldehyde-induced seizures in mice: effects on brain gamma-amino butyric acid concentrations and monoamine oxidase activity.
Metaldehyde when administered orally to mice at a dose of 1 g kg-1 produced convulsions and death within 2 h. Brain… 
1981
1981
Catecholamines and monoamine oxidase activity in anxiety
Levels of platelet monoamine oxidase activity, state anxiety and trait anxiety were quantified twice in 20 drug‐free subjects… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Altered platelet monoamine oxidase activity in affective disorders
SYNOPSIS Platelet MAO activity was found to be elevated in primary depressive illness, and the severity to correlate positively… 
1979
1979
A correlation between platelet monoamine oxidase activity and plasma prolactin concentrations in man.
Increases in plasma prolactin concentrations produced by alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine, a catecholamine synthesis inhibitor, varied… 
1977
1977
Ultracytochemical demonstration of monoamine oxidase activity in nervous and non-nervous tissue of the rat.
A method is described for the ultrastructural localization of the enzyme monoamine oxidase based on the formation of an… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
CORRELATION OF BRAIN MONOAMINE OXIDASE ACTIVITY WITH BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES AFTER IPRONIAZID AND 5‐HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN ADMINISTRATION †
WHEN brain levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HThS are experimentally elevated in animals by injecting its precursor, 5… 
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