Monoamine oxidase

Depression has plagued humans for as long as they’ve lived. From Cleopatra to the beloved Robin Williams, depression has taken its toll on the lives of thousands throughout the years. Although it has been around as long as people themselves, a medicine to help treat depression has only recently been discovered. With a little help from advancing technology, antidepressants have become increasingly helpful in treating the symptoms of depression. Antidepressant medications are an effective way to…

three options. The first one is that they can travel to the extracellular space, thus, becoming lost. The second option is the fourth step of enzymatic degradation. This refers to the fact that they can also be broken apart by enzymes, such as monoamine oxidase (MAO). The final option and the fifth step is reuptake, which describes how a neurotransmitter can be recycled by a protein known as a transporter that picks it up and returns it to the presynaptic cell where it can be reused later on.…

stated before, science has not yet 100% proven that violence is built into our DNA. However, there have been recent studies that show a minor link of aggression and the human gene. According to Julia Steiney, a writer for The Providence Journal, Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA), dubbed “the warrior gene,” has recently been mentioned in the study of genetic influences on aggressive behavior. This gene is found on the X chromosome, where males have one and females have two. It regulates the release and…

Many people, at some point in their lives, may feel depressed, lonely, or just sad. “Approximately 25 million Americans will have an episode of depression this year alone” (Duckworth). Some people can not get through the sadness alone; they need help from a medication. The reason these antidepressants are needed is due to a chemical imbalance of the brain. Antidepressants can alter the chemical balance of the brain and have many negative side effects when taking one. The main reason that…

Monoamine oxidase is an enzyme that is linked to anti-social behavior. Serotonin is a neurochemical that is crucial for depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorders. These are many factors that can cause criminal behavior. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is…

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medications are prescribed for generalized anxiety disorder or related conditions they fall into a specific classification of medications such as serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRIs), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), Benzodiazepines, Beta blockers and Tricyclic Antidepressants. Some well-known brands used to treat GAD include but are not limited to Klonopin, Valium, Elavil, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Lexapro, Celexa, Effexor,…

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significant role in structural and functional alterations. Evidence has shown that 50% of antisocial behavior are connected to genetic influences. (Moffitt, 2005), cited in, Raine (2008). One of the genes that influence antisocial behavior is the monoamine oxidases A (MAOA) gene. In a study, researchers found that by canceling out the gene from mice, it caused the mice to act extremely aggressive. Which then the researchers put back the gene turning the mice to become normal again. Cases et…

All people are different when it comes to their experience with addiction and mental illness. Some begin to experience mental health issues during childhood or adolescence and experiment with drugs and alcohol soon after, developing both an addiction problem and a serious mental illness at the same time. Others may seek out drugs and alcohol in an attempt to “self-medicate” a mental health issue that develops in early adulthood or that develops out of an injury or trauma later in life. Still…