Monoamine oxidase

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Video Games As A Complementary Therapy Tool In Social Phobias And Anxiety The failures and weaknesses associated with cognitive behavioral therapy and the Monoamine-oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) antidepressants form the basis for the consideration of other methods for the treatment of social phobias and anxiety. This applies particularly to children and teens who are likely to be more affected by social phobias and anxiety in the process of normal development. This consideration led to the discovery…

Depression, a dark cloud of emotions. A sense of drowning. Depression, a feeling of being completely alone even when surrounded by people. It is something that is felt by so many people, yet isn’t as recognizable as many other disorders of today. You always hear about the people who are suffering from the physical illness but not the mental illnesses. Someone we love or who we see everyday could be suffering from this dreadful disorder and you wouldn’t know. It’s a feeling that can be…

As the disease is related to deficit in dopamine production, base line treatment is supplying the sufficient amount of dopamine through medications. Dopamine cannot cross blood – brain barrier whereas L – dopa can cross. Other drugs such as monoamine oxidase B inhibitors are used but standard treatment is with L – dopa. There is an approach that is 5 years behind the analogous putative therapy, which encountered difficulties due to the immunization of alpha – synuclein transgenic mouse to…

of depression. Tricyclic antidepressants manipulate serotonin, and norepinephrine pathways through reuptake inhibition. These antidepressants are characterized by low levels of tolerability, and are rarely prescribed. Monoamine oxidase a inhibitors (MAOIs) increase synaptic monoamine availability. The issues of MAOIs arose from the avoidance of food with high levels of tryptophan/tyrosine because a possible potential for hypertensive crises, or, a sudden surge of serotonin, and impaired synaptic…

after taking the medication for 4 weeks along with a low calorie diet.Patients of the following illnesses should not take this medicine as it will have serious and sometimes fatal consequences.Heart Disease PatientsPatients taking MAOI (monoamine oxidase inhibitors) - for depression, Other centrally acting weight loss medicine (without consulting a pharmacist) including non prescription drugs for weight loss,Certain Migraine medicinesLiver or Kidney disease sufferersPregnant…

With the new study into looking at gene variants have identified a possible "gene-environment (G x E) interactions, specifically in the development of conduct problems. A variant of the gene that encodes the neurotransmitter metabolizing enzyme monoamine oxidase-A (MAOA), which relates to neural systems involved in aggression, plays a role in the regulating behavior following threatening events (Pardini,…

cells in the substantia nigra (Robakis and Fahn, 2015). This deficiency of dopamine produces symptoms such as: tremors, rigidity and bradykinesia in affected patients (de Lau and Breteler, 2006). It is thought that the mitochondrial enzyme, monoamine oxidase (MAO), is involved in the neuropathology of PD. MAO is a flavoenzyme that catalyzes the oxidative deamination of amines including: dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin and many others (Kalgutkar et al., 2001). It was determined that there…

treatments, which would be the most beneficial; however, they can be used on their own as well. There are several different types of medications that increase serotonin levels to different degrees (Howard, et. al., 2012). The first are MAOIs, monoamine oxidase inhibitors. MAOs break down norepinephrine and MAOIs increase availability or norepinephrine. The second are Tricyclics. These act on the reuptake system for serotonin and norepinephrine, which decreases depressed mood. The third form…

In 1956, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration first approved the use of Ritalin as an oral tablet with the active ingredient as methylphenidate hydrochloride. At first, Ritalin was mainly prescribed for use to treat chronic fatigue, depression, narcolepsy, and to offset the sedating effects of other medications. During the 1960s researchers focused on Ritalin as a form treatment of "hyperkinetic syndrome," which in now commonly known as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In the…