KROK 1 2018 – Question 114 · 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. Adrenaline
- B. Noradrenaline
- C. Acetylcholine
- D. Dopamine
- E. Serotonin
Hint
Recall which neurotransmitters are substrates of monoamine oxidase, then check each listed transmitter against that chemical class.
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