KROK 1 2016 – Question 84 · 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. Acetylcholine
- B. Serotonin
- C. Adrenaline
- D. Dopamine
- E. Noradrenaline
Hint
Remember which chemical class of transmitters monoamine oxidase degrades, and which transmitter in the list is not of that class and is broken down by a different enzyme.
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