KROK 1 Stomatology 2013 – Question 78 · KROK (Dentistry)
Depressions and emotional disorders result from noradrenaline, serotonin and other biogenic amines deficiency in brain. Concentration of these compounds in synapses can be increased by means of antidepressants that inhibit the activity of the following enzyme:
- A. Diamine oxidase
- B. Monoamine oxidase
- C. Phenylalanine-4-monooxygenase
- D. L-amino acid oxidase
- E. D-amino acid oxidase
Hint
Identify the mitochondrial enzyme that inactivates noradrenaline and serotonin by oxidative deamination in neurons.
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