monoamine monoamine
Definition(s):
- (n) a molecule containing one amine group (especially one that is a neurotransmitter)
Usage(s):
- Some scientists point to high testosterone levels combined with low monoamine oxidase inhibitors, which regulates dopamine.
- A variation in a gene known as VMAT2--for vesicular monoamine transporter--seemed to be directly related to how the volunteers scored on the self-transcendence test.
- But the enzyme that is supposed to do the oxidizing is monoamine oxidase, the very enzyme that Parnate neutralizes to achieve its antidepressant effect.
News
- BURLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, according to analysis of U.S. longitudinal patient-level claims data, the first-line use of monoamine oxidase...on December 9, 2013 Source: PR Newswire
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