KROK 1 2015 – Question 67 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors are widely used as psychopharmacological drugs. They change the level of nearly all neurotransmitters in synapses, with the following neurotransmitter being the exception:
- A. Serotonin
- B. Dopamine
- C. Noradrenaline
- D. Acetylcholine
- E. Adrenaline
Hint
Think about the chemical class of the substrates of the enzyme in the stem and about how each listed transmitter is normally inactivated.
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